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Trade with Maldives: call for input

The Government want to know: what you think about our current trading arrangements with Maldives where we could make changes or improvements where you are facing challenges or constraints when attempting to trade with Maldives You can access the consultation here. This consultation closes at 11:45pm on 2 August 2023.
Ben Kemp
June 16, 2023
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Candida auris: update to management guidance

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has opened a consultation on the new edition of its guidance for the management of Candida auris, previously published by Public Health England. Updates are in-keeping with the latest evidence (on this page). This guidance includes laboratory investigation, management, and infection prevention and control (IPC) measures. You can respond here and email to: candidaauris@ukhsa.gov.uk. This consultation closes…
Ben Kemp
June 16, 2023
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Charging arrangements at government-run border control posts

This consultation seeks views on the government’s plan to introduce a Common User Charge to recover operating costs at government-run border control posts. In the recently published draft Target Operating Model, government outlined its plan to charge for eligible sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) consignments. The charge would recover operating costs for government-run border control posts (BCPs). As part of this plan…
Ben Kemp
June 16, 2023
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ISO/PWI TS 6268-2 Health informatics — Cybersecurity framework for telehealth environments — Part 2: Cybersecurity reference models of telehealth

This document is the second part of the full series of ‘ISO TS 6268 Cybersecurity Framework for Telehealth Environment’, which provides telehealth cybersecurity reference models of the overall security framework for systems and services applied to telehealth. This document contains a general description of; - relationship of security risks and safety risks in telehealth services; - methodologies of defining the…
Ben Kemp
June 2, 2023
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MHRA announces new regulatory pathway for innovative medical technologies

MHRA has previously spoken about their intention to form IDAP, the Innovative Devices Access Pathway, in collaboration with NICE, Health Technology Wales (HTW) and the Scottish Health Technology Group (SHTG). Today, they have issued further information on this project, including estimated timelines. IDAP is planned for launch later in 2023, with the intention of giving innovators a support system with…
Ben Kemp
May 26, 2023
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Chancellor reveals exciting new ‘Life Sci for Growth’ package

The new ‘Life Sci for Growth’ package brings together 10 different policies up to £48 million of new money for scientific innovation to prepare for any future health emergencies, £154 million to increase the capacity of the UK’s biological data bank further aiding scientific discoveries that help human health, and up to £250 million to incentivise pension schemes to invest…
Ben Kemp
May 26, 2023
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Consultation on the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) E6 (R3) Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Guidelines

Consultation description The ICH Expert Working Group (EWG) for ICH E6(R3) has been updating ICH E6(R2) GCP guidelines. The MHRA represents the Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/s) in the EWG. The update is to address the application of GCP to new trial designs, technological innovations and to strengthen a proportionate risk-based approach of its application for clinical trials of medicines…
Ben Kemp
May 26, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 13 May – 19 May

UKHSA Science Strategy: A vision for how science can secure health and prosperity The UKHSA have released a new strategy which sets out how they will harness the power of their science to secure health and prosperity over the next decade. The strategy highlights how UKHSA’s science can save more lives, secure major public health victories and contribute to the…
Ben Kemp
May 19, 2023