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Natalie Creaney

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UKHSA Priorities for 2022 and 2023

An open letter from Maggie Throup MP to UKHSA chief executive Jenny Harries has revealed the Government’s key priorities for the organisation between April 2022 – March 2023. UKHSA was central to the UK’s response to the pandemic, however, their influence and scope is evidently far more wide-reaching, as this document shows. There are several items contained within the letter…
Natalie Creaney
August 19, 2022
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SBRI Healthcare – Competition 22 Delivering a net zero NHS: Clinical Innovation Competition

Funded by the Accelerated Access Collaborative, and in partnership with Greener NHS and the AHSN Network, this second net zero competition seeks innovative solutions that focus on decarbonising clinical pathways that are the most carbon intensive. This will require change across the whole care continuum including early disease detection, accurate diagnosis and the highest quality and most targeted treatments to…
Natalie Creaney
August 12, 2022
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Media Monitoring: 6th – 13th August

NHS Monthly Diagnostics data for June 2022 The total number of patients waiting six weeks or more from referral for one of the 15 key diagnostic tests at the end of June 2022 was 430,000. This was 27.5% of the total number of patients waiting at the end of the month Nationally, the operational standard of less than 1% of…
Natalie Creaney
August 12, 2022
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Member FYI – Eight-day Strike planned at Felixstowe Port

The UK’s largest container port, Felixstowe, is to experience worker strike action for eight consecutive days starting from 21 August. Talks between worker unions and port management broke down over the issue of a pay rise offering, leading to the strike being called. More than 1,900 employees are to engage in industrial action, bringing the port to a standstill, and…
Natalie Creaney
August 12, 2022
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Information on Help to Grow: Digital Scheme and Recovery Loans for businesses

More SMEs and microbusinesses are now eligible for the Help to Grow: Digital scheme. Businesses with 1 to 249 employees can now receive discounts worth up to £5,000 on approved software under an expansion of the scheme which was previously only open to those businesses with more than 5 employees. Please find more information here. The Recovery Loan Scheme has…
Natalie Creaney
August 12, 2022
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DEFRA releases consultation on charging fees for applications for exemptions to the RoHS Regulations

RoHS limits the use of specified hazardous substances in the manufacture of certain electrical and electronic products. The proposed fee would be £39,721 fee per exemption application to allow the supply of products using one the restricted substances above the threshold limits set down in the RoHS Regulations where specified criteria are met. An application is required per exemption application,…
Natalie Creaney
August 12, 2022
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BIVDA discusses upcoming UKCA Regulations on newly-released MedTalk Podcast episode

The episode has been released today, Friday 12 August, and features our Regulatory Affairs Manager, Ashleigh discussing some key messages that came out of the consultation response such as transition periods and the risks that are still remain for products on the market. The MedTalk Podcast covers topics across life sciences with a number of existing episodes touching on IVDs…
Natalie Creaney
August 12, 2022
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