The outcome of the technical validation and in-service evaluation will be reviewed by the Technical Validation Group (TVG). The TVG includes a range of experts in technologies, viral testing and infectious disease, including representatives from the:
central validation labs (including UK Health Security Agency, Frimley, Cumbria)
CONDOR (COVID-19 National Diagnostic Research and Evaluation Platform)
Innovate UK
academia professional body (Royal College of Pathology)
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
This group replaces all of the functions of the previous Viral Detection (molecular) Tests Group (VTAG) and the for new serology technologies, the work previously undertaken by the New Tests Advisory Group (NTAG). TVG reviews the outcome of all of the validation and evaluations and makes recommendations to the wider COVID-19 TTCE programme on the suitability of the solutions/technologies.