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Maggie Throup MP questions the Minister on STEM apprenticeships following APPG for Life Sciences meeting

Maggie Throup MP, one of Parliament’s great life sciences advocates, raised a question about life sciences apprenticeships in the House last week. This followed last week’s APPG for Life Sciences meeting, of which BIVDA is a member of the secretariat, which centred on improving the life science apprenticeship environment. Ms Throup asked Maria Caulfield, Minister for Women and Women’s Health…
Dawn
November 3, 2023
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MHRA to launch the AI-Airlock, a new regulatory sandbox for AI developers

The MHRA has announced it is taking forward its new ‘regulatory sandbox’, the AI-Airlock, that will provide a regulator-monitored virtual area for developers to generate robust evidence for their advanced technologies. Artificial Intelligence in healthcare represents the exciting potential to improve patient outcomes in many ways, for example through improving diagnoses and treatment selections, optimising medication dosages, and providing enhanced…
Dawn
November 3, 2023
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DHSC Transformation Lead Alfred Casson to speak at BIVDA’s Sustainability Seminar

BIVDA are delighted to welcome Alfred Casson to the Winter Sustainability Seminar to come and speak to us about the ‘Design for Life’ initiative. In February 2023, the Department for Health and Social care published the UK’s inaugural Medical Technology Strategy, which outlines their vision to, among other things, facilitate a significant shift to increased resource efficiency to create more…
Dawn
November 3, 2023
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Briefing from the NML Pandemic Preparedness event in Parliament

Diagnostic tests were seen as crucial in the identification and management of the COVID-19 pandemic as much by the public and policy-makers as by the medical community. However, it is increasingly recognised that better prioritisation of early diagnostic testing and earlier access to more robust tests would have slowed the pandemic and better informed policy makers, directly saving lives. Global…
Dawn
November 3, 2023
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Updated guidance on the application of Carbon Reduction Plans (CRPs) and Net Zero Commitments (NZCs)

Updated guidance on the application of Carbon Reduction Plans (CRPs) and Net Zero Commitments (NZCs) for NHS Suppliers has now been published on the NHS England website. The guidance sets out detailed requirements to be implemented from April 2024, which build upon previous NHS Carbon Reduction Plan guidance. These requirements are part of the NHS net zero supplier roadmap, which…
Dawn
November 3, 2023
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NICE Guidelines Update: Respiratory Infections

Why is this guideline needed? Before the COVID-19 pandemic, people with Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI’s) presented via NHS 111 service or came into primary care for assessment. More serious cases self-presented to A&E, sometimes arriving by ambulance.  Post-COVID, the number of ARI’s and people presenting with symptoms has increased, putting pressure across healthcare settings. ARI Hubs and Virtual Wards have…
Dawn
November 3, 2023
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Funding opportunities for SMEs in West Yorkshire, the North East and Northern Ireland

Innovate UK has announced a number of funding opportunities applicable to SMEs across West Yorkshire, the North East, and Northern Ireland which are worth millions of pounds. The funding competitions are outlined below: Launchpad: health technology, West Yorkshire – R1 MFA UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million for projects that grow activities in…
Dawn
November 3, 2023
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Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010: proposed amendments

  Consultation description This consultation seeks relevant stakeholder’s views on proposed additions to schedule 1 and 2 of the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations (HPNR) 2010 and amendments to diagnostic laboratory reporting requirements in England. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will publish a response to this consultation in due course. The HPNR (which apply to England only) place a statutory…
Dawn
October 27, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 21 – 27 October

£37m funding boost for AI projects ahead of UK AI Safety Summit Research teams encouraged to bid for a share of £32m for AI projects and a further £5m committed to feasibility studies into pioneering ideas. In the run up to the UK’s hosting of the first global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety, the Secretary of State for Science,…
Dawn
October 27, 2023
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Campaigners urge Labour to protect genomic science from hostile countries if party wins election

With Labour favourites to form the next government, campaigners have pressed the party to protect research and technology linked to UK genomic data. They suggest Labour should make genomics part of the UK’s critical natural infrastructure, akin to other protected industries. They warn that without adequate protection UK genomic data could end up in the hands of hostile foreign nations.…
Dawn
October 27, 2023
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