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UK Government announces trade measures to support Ukraine during crisis

The UK Government announced new trade measures to support Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These include: The removal of tariffs on all goods from Ukraine, providing economic support; New export ban on products and technology that Russia could use to repress the people of Ukraine. These could include interception and monitoring equipment; These tariff measures are part of broad…
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April 29, 2022
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Health and Care Bill receives Royal Assent

The Health and Care Bill has finally been made law in the biggest shake-up of the NHS since the Lansley Reforms in 2012. The Bill has many implications which affect several different areas of the UK’s health landscape and fundamentally changes the principles by which the NHS seeks to deliver care to patients. This is chiefly derived from the increased…
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April 29, 2022
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Westminster Health Forum – Upcoming event on highly specialised medicines

Next steps for highly specialised medicines, regulation and treatment Morning, Thursday 19 May This WHF event will discuss the future landscape, navigating changes in approach, and addressing challenges in orphan drug development. Delegates will discuss the impact of changes to evaluation in improving patient access and engagement in the context of the Rare Diseases Action Plan. They will also consider…
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April 29, 2022
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Volunteers sought to review Expressions of interest into the Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund

The OLS manufacturing team are seeking volunteers to review Expressions of Interest (EOIs) into the Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund. The team are asking for a minimum commitment of 6 half-days up to the end of March 2023, plus two short briefing sessions. Relevant experience is required to participate, which must include direct industrial experience in the manufacturing of diagnostics,…
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April 29, 2022
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Dealing with Digital – What does Digital mean to you?

Who knows what Digital is? Defining Digital is complicated and there is no universal definition, so without this, how do members deal with Digital? Digital health applications are everywhere including wireless devices, hardware and software sensors, microprocessors and integrated circuits, the internet, social networking mobile and body area networks, health IT, genomics and personal genetics, laboratory instruments, personal computers, middleware…
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April 22, 2022
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Draft paper published on ‘Standards and Interoperability Strategy’ to improve patient care

A draft version of a ‘Standards and Interoperability Strategy’ has been published by the Faculty of Clinical Informatics (FCI). This paper has been commissioned by the Transformation Directorate at NHS England and NHS Improvement to aid in the Consultation process. The NHS Transformation Directorate is looking to engage colleagues and healthcare stakeholders in line with a common goal: “to drive…
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April 22, 2022
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Upcoming webinar on cyber security by NCSC

This webinar will introduce the Exercise in a Box tool which allows organisations to test how resilient you are to cyber-attacks and educate on the Supply Chain 12 Principles which discusses supply chain security generally. You can register using this link. The NCSC has also created a cyber subscription service which is a list of the various cyber security newsletters…
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April 22, 2022
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Media Monitoring: 16th April – 23rd April

UK-Indonesian Partnership announced, life sciences and research namechecked The UK and Indonesia together intend to:  Strengthen health systems, leveraging research and development to health and life sciences innovations, and better preventing, detecting and responding to infectious diseases through an enhanced Indonesia-UK Health Partnership Build on existing academic collaboration to increase research and development (R&D) programmes in life sciences and technology…
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April 22, 2022
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NHS failing to meet vital AMR targets

The NHS is set to miss two critical targets in tackling AMR – as outlined in a five-year AMR action plan unveiled by the government in 2019. The targets expected to be missed are: reducing the number of three gram-negative bacteria from bloodstream infections in healthcare settings by 25% by March this year, and 50% by 2024. Current figures show…
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April 22, 2022
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