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BIVDA welcomes Viscera Technologies as new BIVDA members

BIVDA are pleased to welcome Viscera Technologies as new BIVDA members. Viscera Technologies brings laboratory-precision testing directly to patients through smartphone-powered lateral flow analysis. Their platform delivers quantitative results in minutes, not days, making professional-grade diagnostics accessible anywhere. They combine patented lateral flow technology with intelligent self-correcting algorithms—delivering laboratory precision anywhere, with any smartphone, enabling healthcare providers to make confident…
Ben Kemp
June 17, 2025
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Axel Heitmueller appointed Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Health

Downing Street has announced that Axel Heitmueller has been appointed as the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Health. The Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser will advise ministers and drive forward the Government’s vision for health and social care. Members may know Axel from his time working as CEO of Imperial College Health Partners and Executive Director of Strategy at the Chelsea…
Ben Kemp
June 17, 2025
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Pathology Managed Services Policy Guidance Development – DHSC Call for Evidence launched

Many of you will be aware of the work undertaken by BIVDA and members over the last six months to make the case to DHSC for improving the approach to the procurement of Pathology Managed Services in the NHS. This has now culminated in a "call for evidence" launched last week by DHSC. This call for evidence will be the…
Ben Kemp
June 16, 2025
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BIVDA’s message from NHS Confed Conference: “United we deliver, divided we fail”

BIVDA's own Beth Loudon attended the NHS Confed conference in Manchester last week and provided a summary of some of the key messages and themes. The event was well-attended with over 9,000 delegates registered, complete with multiple stages prepared for the conference's prestigious line-up of speakers. The main themes over the course of the conference were innovation, addressing health inequalities…
Ben Kemp
June 16, 2025
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Medical devices: post-market surveillance

Medical devices: post-market surveillance Page summary: Information for manufacturers of medical devices on post-market surveillance, reporting adverse incidents and field safety corrective actions to the MHRA. Change made: Link added for ‘Documentation for implementation of data requirements under the new Post-Marketing Surveillance regulations’ Time updated: 12:00pm, 9 June 2025
Ben Kemp
June 13, 2025
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Policy papers and consultations with organisations of Animal and Plant Health Agency, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and Office for Product Safety a

Call for comments on indicative lists for long-chain PFCAs, PFOA and PFHxS, their salts and related compounds Page summary: Requesting comments on a draft indicative list for long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:47pm, 2 June 2025 Interim position statement on the approach to PMT concept to support UK REACH risk management…
Ben Kemp
June 13, 2025
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Department for Business and Trade Updates (WC 9 July)

Prime Minister hails trade deal successes for Scotland Page summary: From the Highlands to the Borders, Scottish people are set to benefit from the UK’s landmark trade deals with India, US and EU announced in recent weeks. Change made: First published. Time updated: 1:26pm, 2 June 2025 New UK-Moroccan partnerships to grow UK economy Page summary: Foreign Secretary in Morocco…
Ben Kemp
June 13, 2025
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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Updates (WC 9 July)

Call for comments on indicative lists for long-chain PFCAs, PFOA and PFHxS, their salts and related compounds Page summary: Requesting comments on a draft indicative list for long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds. Change made: First published. Time updated: 12:47pm, 2 June 2025 Animal diseases: international and UK monitoring Page summary: Monitoring for major, notifiable or new and…
Ben Kemp
June 13, 2025
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Animal and Plant Health Agency Updates (WC 9 July)

Animal diseases: international and UK monitoring Page summary: Monitoring for major, notifiable or new and emerging animal disease outbreaks internationally and in the UK. Change made: We’ve added a link to the avian influenza (bird flu) in Brazil outbreak assessment. Time updated: 10:27am, 3 June 2025 Import of live animals returned to Great Britain – IIN RATC/2 Page summary: Guidance…
Ben Kemp
June 13, 2025
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