The NADP Training team have dedicated facilities and staff who have been providing courses in Biosafety and Applied Microbiology since 2003 and are well respected across the UK and internationally. Our current customers include WHO, government agencies, technology companies, universities and foreign governments. In 2014/2015, during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, we delivered specialist laboratory pre-deployment training to over 400 laboratory workers who ran the three PHE Ebola diagnostic laboratories in Sierra Leone to assist with the outbreak. We also contributed to the PPE specification and training of medical staff deployed to the UK military Ebola treatment centre at Kerrytown. In 2020, we provided training and training materials for the UK government deployment training for workers supporting COVID-19 laboratories and e-learning for Scientists running diagnostic laboratories.

We work with individuals and organisations to provide an expert training service and have a comprehensive portfolio of courses and events. Our courses are delivered throughout the year at our training laboratories within UKHSA, which include SAPO licensed Containment Level 3 laboratories, or we can bring certain courses to you at your place of work, nationally and internationally. Our trainers on the courses are subject matter experts, ensuring the content of the courses is of high quality. If a course from our portfolio doesn't meet your needs, we can use our specialist resources to design a bespoke course for you.

If you would like to discuss your specific situation, please contact us and we would be happy to advise you. Most of our training is delivered face to face with practical exercises because relating theory and practice together provides long term retention of information. Course materials, assessments and certificate of attendance are also be provided. We have also developed high quality e-learning courses to provide introductory or refresher training in the safe working practices when using Class I, II and III MSCs and we plan to expand this portfolio to include critical laboratory equipment.

NADP Training provide a wide range of high quality courses across a range of specialist subjects including:

• Biosafety and Biocontainment
• Microbiological isolation and characterisation
• Potential biological deliberate release agents
• Pathogenesis
• Diagnostics
• Molecular biology
• Virology

NADP Training strives to deliver expert accredited training courses and events by evaluating each course and working with you to provide the best solutions for your training needs.

We have trained delegates from all over the UK and internationally, and from many different professions and backgrounds. We can sign confidentiality agreements with your organisation to protect your interests.

UKHSA Porton is located near to Salisbury in Wiltshire and supports the UKHSA in preparing for and responding to health threats by providing high containment microbiological research and reference capabilities. UKHSA Porton has an international reputation in scientific research, with a long established record in the safe handling of hazardous pathogens. It has a unique combination of capabilities which enable:

• Safe containment of the most dangerous organisms allowing them to be studied safely
• Provision of the national diagnostic service for dangerous pathogens
• Evaluation of interventions in biological investigations, under high containment
• Research, both basic and applied, to identify potential interventions to public health threats
• Development of specialist products to a stage where they can be evaluated in clinical trials
• Contract research, testing and manufacture for clients to develop healthcare orientated products such as new vaccines and therapeutics.
• Provision of expert advice and testing capabilities to many areas of industry
• Manufacture of a number of healthcare products, including vaccines and therapeutics
• Maintenance and supply of type strains of human pathogens and authenticated animal cell lines from the international culture collection
• Monitoring of new and re-emerging diseases that might be introduced in the UK. Identification and assessment of the threats posed by such diseases with the objective of providing expert advice and development of countermeasures
• Provision of research and production facilities to support the development of interventions in the event of a national or international health emergency.

UKHSA Porton plays an important role in preparing for and co-ordinating responses to potential healthcare emergencies, including possible acts of deliberate release.