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Natalie Creaney

Doris-Ann to speak at Kings Fund conference on the evolution of diagnostics Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Doris-Ann to speak at Kings Fund conference on the evolution of diagnostics

The Kings Fund, an independent think-tank focussed on shaping health and social care practice, has announced the sale of tickets for a diagnostics-centred conference taking place on 16 November. BIVDA’s Doris-Ann Williams is pleased to be part of the high-profile speaker panel at this ‘Meeting Demand: The Changing Picture of Diagnostics’. The event will explore key topics on increasing diagnostic…
Natalie Creaney
July 29, 2022
Analysis for Innovators (A4I) programme: new round to launch in the next few weeks Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Analysis for Innovators (A4I) programme: new round to launch in the next few weeks

The A4I programme, developed by Innovate UK, aims to help boost a company’s productivity or competitiveness. It is focused on helping individual companies solve tricky and perhaps long running technical problems affecting existing processes. It achieves this by bringing the UK’s top scientists and facilities, often otherwise inaccessible, together with companies to address problems in innovative ways. This includes the…
Natalie Creaney
July 22, 2022
Near Patient Testing – opportunities via the NIHR Community MIC (Oxford) Member RequestsMember Requests Archive

Near Patient Testing – opportunities via the NIHR Community MIC (Oxford)

Still capacity for additional tests to go on the RAPTOR platform https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/research/projects/rapid-community-point-of-care-testing-for-covid-19-raptor-c19?70f0a6e6-099b-11ed-a464-06bfb1c3c94c TOUCAN project for NPTs for UTI is also running if anyone has tests where they would like to get independent patient data. Does anyone have a POC/NPT test for Vitamin D? This is a clinical need for secondary care identified in triaging paediatrics presenting with abdominal pain. Please…
Natalie Creaney
July 22, 2022
Consultation on NICE guidelines related to fluid therapy in children and young people ConsultationsConsultations Archive

Consultation on NICE guidelines related to fluid therapy in children and young people

NICE will shortly commence a 2-week consultation with registered stakeholders about the need to update a number of guidelines related to fluid therapy in children and young people. The consultation will be open from Wednesday 3rd August until Friday 19th August 2022. The consultation will consider these areas of guidance related to our sector: Sepsis: Recognition, diagnosis and early management…
Natalie Creaney
July 22, 2022
Media Monitoring: 16th – 23rd July HighlightsHighlights Archive

Media Monitoring: 16th – 23rd July

First ever Women's Health Strategy for England published Details the Government’s 10-year ambitions and the actions we are taking now to improve the health and wellbeing of women and girls in England BIVDA is analysing the policy paper to assess the role of IVDs in the Government’s plan and will release a relevant briefing/news shortly https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/womens-health-strategy-for-england   Transformational Border pilots…
Natalie Creaney
July 22, 2022
Dr Henrietta Hughes appointed England’s first ever Patient Safety Commissioner HighlightsHighlights Archive

Dr Henrietta Hughes appointed England’s first ever Patient Safety Commissioner

The new Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay has officially appointed Dr Henrietta Hughes OBE as England’s first ever Patient Safety Commissioner. The position is entirely independent and is designed to act as a voice for patients. Dr Hughes’ mission will be to ensure that the safety of medical devices and medicines is strictly maintained and improved. As the…
Natalie Creaney
July 22, 2022
A Diagnostics Day in the Life: Bruce Daniel HighlightsHighlights Archive

A Diagnostics Day in the Life: Bruce Daniel

Bruce Daniel, Head of Pathology for NHS England, South West region, explains what a day in his working life is like. 1.What does your work day look like in terms of tasks, meetings, strategy setting? My working day revolves around Teams meetings with the regional diagnostic team, the wider regional teams and Pathology network leads, although it is nice to…
Natalie Creaney
July 22, 2022
Briefing from the Surgeon-General – 21 July 2022 Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Briefing from the Surgeon-General – 21 July 2022

This was to cover needs military needs for healthcare in the Ukraine but also looking forward to defence needs for the UK forces. They are planning for smaller medical footprints being more likely for conflict areas moving forward with fewer people so looking at technology to fill these gaps. Point of care diagnostics for testing and imaging were the first…
Natalie Creaney
July 22, 2022
Questionnaire on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill and the possibility of dual regulation Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Questionnaire on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill and the possibility of dual regulation

This is a thorough review of the Bill and can include involvement of experts in the field. Amendments will be proposed by MPs throughout which may change the existing wording of the Bill. This Bill aims to introduce a dual regulatory regime allowing both EU-compliant (CE marking) and GB-compliant products (UKCA marking) onto the market in Northern Ireland. The Department…
Natalie Creaney
July 22, 2022
UK and Israel seek to strike a new innovation-focused trade deal Membership NewsMembership News Archive

UK and Israel seek to strike a new innovation-focused trade deal

Talks have begun to establish a new trade deal between the UK and Israel, with both governments seeking to upgrade and modernise existing arrangements. The negotiations, launched in London, are set to benefit UK tech firms and the services sector most strongly by boosting UK services exports to Israel by up to £78 million. The new free trade agreement would…
Natalie Creaney
July 22, 2022