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Media Monitoring: 1st – 7th October

Therese Coffey drops health inequalities white paper The paper, which was due to be launched last spring, has now been dropped It was meant to level the wide health inequality gap between rich and poor and was a key part of Boris Johnson’s attempt to level up health in the UK The move has elicited much criticism, while DHSC maintains…
Ben Kemp
October 7, 2022
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COVID-19 public inquiry begins

On Tuesday, the Chair of the COVID-19 public inquiry Lady Heather Hallet officially launched proceedings, vowing to examine all aspects of the country’s handling of the pandemic and learn whether things could be handled better in future. The hearing began with a minute’s silence for those who died during the pandemic. The inquiry is expected to last for several years,…
Ben Kemp
October 7, 2022
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Conservative Party Conference Round-up

This week’s Tory conference, which featured a speech from Health Secretary Therese Coffey, was not awash with policy announcements, but did reveal interesting indications about the Government’s health strategy. For example, the conference gave new Health Minster Robert Jenrick the opportunity to offer his first substantive comments in post. He was candid about the workforce issues within the NHS and…
Ben Kemp
October 7, 2022
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BIVDA hold member briefing in preparation for upcoming roundtable with Andrew Gwynne MP

Member companies were today walked through the agenda for the IVD roundtable in preparation for the event with Shadow Public Health Minister Andrew Gwynne MP, which is being held on 19 October. This event forms a key part of engagement with the Shadow Government and allows BIVDA and our member companies to gain a greater understanding of the Labour Party’s…
Ben Kemp
October 7, 2022
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How NHS Procurement is expected to support ICS’s

It won’t be a surprise to members that there is always a lot of work ongoing within the NHS and much of it is in silos, until now industry hasn’t always been able to see the impact of strategies or initiatives, nor much alignment across these silos and therefore there is often duplication of effort and many missed opportunities. Adoption…
Ben Kemp
September 30, 2022
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BIVDA Working Party Seminar, MGM and 30th Anniversary details

Our working party seminar and mid-year general meeting will be held on Wednesday 12th October in Birmingham at the Belfry Hotel and Resort, Sutton Coldfield. The annual Regulatory Affairs Seminar will then follow the first day events on the 13th-14th October 2022. We are holding the working party autumn meetings on Wednesday 12th October at from 10.00am for arrival and…
Ben Kemp
September 30, 2022