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Natalie Creaney

NHSSC Tender – All Pathology Disciplines, Point of Care Testing & Managed Services Membership NewsMembership News Archive

NHSSC Tender – All Pathology Disciplines, Point of Care Testing & Managed Services

A request from NHSSC has been published in the Jaggaer tender platform for suppliers to provide feedback on the new lot structure and proposed specifications for each lot. Feedback can be made via the portal or to PATHOLOGY.CATMGT@SUPPLYCHAIN.NHS.UK Engagement is really important during this pretender stage, as once the tender is released changes can’t be made and dialogue is restricted.…
Natalie Creaney
September 9, 2022
Chemical Watch Sustainability Summits 2022: Europe and USA Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Chemical Watch Sustainability Summits 2022: Europe and USA

Chemical Watch are hosting two summits, one in Europe and one in the USA, to examine the chemical building blocks of a sustainable product strategy. Details are outlined below: Product Sustainability Summit Europe 2022 - Chemical building blocks of a sustainable product strategy 24-25 October 2022 | Amsterdam, Netherlands + virtual This new conference focuses on the most recent developments…
Natalie Creaney
September 9, 2022
North West Coast innovators can apply for the NHS Innovation Accelerator Membership NewsMembership News Archive

North West Coast innovators can apply for the NHS Innovation Accelerator

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) – an NHS England initiative supported by England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) – has launched a call for applications representing high impact, evidence-based innovations. The call is open to local, national and international healthcare innovations supported by passionate individuals from any background, including businesses, clinicians, charity and third sector and academics. For the…
Natalie Creaney
September 9, 2022
Bright Ideas in Health Awards 2022 – submit your entries now! Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Bright Ideas in Health Awards 2022 – submit your entries now!

Health innovators from the North East and North Cumbria are being urged to submit their bright ideas to an annual awards competition. The Bright Ideas in Health Awards are now open for entries across nine categories, including awards that recognise: innovative devices; industry collaboration; clinical education; patient safety and quality improvement; innovation champions; digital innovation; sustainability; reduction of healthcare inequalities;…
Natalie Creaney
September 9, 2022
EFLM Green Labs Taskforce publish guidelines for Green and Sustainable Labs Membership NewsMembership News Archive

EFLM Green Labs Taskforce publish guidelines for Green and Sustainable Labs

The EFLM Green Labs Taskforce have published a set of guidelines which intend to help laboratories become more environmentally sound through a number of useful measures. The expertise of the taskforce can help member companies’ labs to meet their environmental targets through effective, enforceable measures such as waste reduction and cutting carbon emissions. The full 60-page guidelines can be accessed…
Natalie Creaney
September 9, 2022
World Sepsis Day 2022 Communications from Members Membership NewsMembership News Archive

World Sepsis Day 2022 Communications from Members

This year's World Sepsis Day is just over a week away, falling on Tuesday 13th September. We will be marking the day on social media along with other organisations and have already received communications from some member companies. If you have any communications that you would like us to share across our channels, please email ben@bivda.org.uk.
Natalie Creaney
September 9, 2022
New Government Update: Cabinet and Ministerial appointments Membership NewsMembership News Archive

New Government Update: Cabinet and Ministerial appointments

As members will have no doubt noticed, the UK has a new Government following the long Conservative leadership race over the summer. PM Liz Truss has unveiled her new team, with broad changes across all departments. All four Great Offices of State have changed with Kwasi Kwarteng MP taking over at the Treasury, Suella Braverman MP now Home Secretary, and…
Natalie Creaney
September 9, 2022
Coronavirus Test Device Approvals (CTDA): call for evidence ConsultationsConsultations ArchiveMembership NewsMembership News Archive

Coronavirus Test Device Approvals (CTDA): call for evidence

UKHSA has launched a consultation to support their understanding of the CTDA process on the wider internal market, individual business and trade flow of antigen and molecular COVID-19 detection tests. It is due to close at 11:59pm on 18 October 2022. This call for evidence aims to obtain specific evidence in relation to businesses operating in the COVID-19 diagnostics market.…
Natalie Creaney
September 9, 2022
Consultation on proposals for changes to the MHRA’s statutory fees ConsultationsConsultations ArchiveMembership NewsMembership News Archive

Consultation on proposals for changes to the MHRA’s statutory fees

The aim of this consultation is to seek the views of stakeholders on proposals for changes to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s statutory fees. The consultation will end on Wednesday 23rd November 2022 with the proposed implementation date being 1st April 2023. The proposed adjustments fall into 3 categories: A 10% indexation uplift across statutory fees A further…
Natalie Creaney
September 9, 2022
SME wanted to contribute to the Regulatory Affairs Working Party Seminar Membership NewsMembership News Archive

SME wanted to contribute to the Regulatory Affairs Working Party Seminar

As part of our upcoming Regulatory Affairs Working Party Seminar on 13 and 14 October, we are planning on including a session on how SMEs are managing through regulations at the minute given all of the flux. The working title for this session is “Industry spotlight: How is an SME managing the changing regulatory landscape?”. We would be looking for…
Natalie Creaney
August 19, 2022