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Ben Kemp

UK initiates talks on an updated Free Trade Agreement with Canada Export Working PartyExport Working Party Archive

UK initiates talks on an updated Free Trade Agreement with Canada

The Department for International Trade has announced the start of negotiations with Canada on an updated Free Trade Agreement. Building on the benefits of the UK-Canada Trade Continuity Agreement, the new Free Trade Agreement will go further in areas like innovation, digital, data, the environment and women’s economic empowerment. The UK is Canada’s third largest trading partner and Canadian demand…
Ben Kemp
March 25, 2022
Social Value hits the headlines this week – Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg, Government Efficiency Minister Sustainability Programme

Social Value hits the headlines this week – Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg, Government Efficiency Minister

The new minister for government efficiency, Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg suggested this week that the weighting for social value within public sector contracts should be reduced. He wants government outsourcing to focus more on value for money and to see more contracts being awarded to smaller providers. He expresses fears that smaller providers are disadvantaged by the social value element, however…
Ben Kemp
March 25, 2022
The NHS adopt PPN 06/20 from 1st April 2022 Sustainability Programme

The NHS adopt PPN 06/20 from 1st April 2022

From April 1st 2022, the NHS will implement the requirements of PPN 06/20 which will mean that there will be a minimum 10% weighting for social value applied to all NHS tenders. The Government Social Value Model has 5 themes which are: - Fighting climate change COVID-19 recovery Tackling economic inequality Equal opportunity Wellbeing The NHS has indicated that the…
Ben Kemp
March 25, 2022
External Affairs WP Minutes – 18 March 2022 External Affairs Working PartyExternal Affairs Working Party Archive

External Affairs WP Minutes – 18 March 2022

The BIVDA External Affairs Working Party held its most recent meeting on Friday 18 March. The group were joined by guest speakers Dr John Tyson, Head of the Innovation Lab at the Integrated COVID Hub North East and Stevan Cirkovic, Senior Policy Lead (MedTech Regulation) at DHSC. Stevan's slides can be accessed here. Please find the meeting notes here.
Ben Kemp
March 25, 2022
IBMS Congress Membership NewsMembership News Archive

IBMS Congress

We are very much looking forward to seeing members during next week’s Congress. It will be a chance for us to see you in action and meet up with old and new colleagues, some of whom we haven’t seen since before the pandemic. We know some of you have moved companies or changed roles and this will be a chance…
Ben Kemp
March 11, 2022
Regulatory Affairs News – The first MHRA focus group meeting Regulatory Affairs Working PartyRegulatory Affairs Working Party Archive

Regulatory Affairs News – The first MHRA focus group meeting

The first MHRA focus group meeting Those of you who attended the Regulatory Affairs Working Party meeting on Thursday 3rd March, you will have heard that the introductory meeting for MHRA’s focus groups occurred on Monday 7th March. The aim of these focus groups is to help develop guidance in relation to the new UKCA regulations and provide insight into…
Ben Kemp
March 11, 2022
BIVDA response: European Commission consultation on the draft common specifications for certain Class D IVDs ConsultationsConsultations Archive

BIVDA response: European Commission consultation on the draft common specifications for certain Class D IVDs

The BIVDA response to the European Commission on the draft common specifications for certain Class D IVDs was submitted on 9 March 2022. Please find here the full response. Thank you to those member companies who provided input into this draft.
Ben Kemp
March 11, 2022
New 2022/23 Policy document published for the MedTech Funding Mandate Membership NewsMembership News Archive

New 2022/23 Policy document published for the MedTech Funding Mandate

NHS England has published its ‘MedTech Funding Mandate policy 2022/23: guidance for NHS commissioners and providers of NHS-funded care’. This policy aims to direct the NHS on which MedTech innovations are effective and likely to give savings on investment; and to ensure the NHS has a sustainable approach to overcoming the financial barriers to adopting medical devices, diagnostics and digital…
Ben Kemp
March 11, 2022