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Media Monitoring – 23rd July – 30th July

MP report concludes that the NHS is facing its worst ever staffing crisis An MP report has claimed a shortfall in NHS staffing poses an immense threat to patient safety It discovered England is now short of 12,000 hospital doctors and more than 50,000 nurses and midwives – labelling it the worst workforce crisis the NHS has seen The government…
Natalie Creaney
July 29, 2022
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NICE update their pre-eclampsia guidance to improve diagnoses

NICE have released new guidance which recommends the routine use of placental growth factor-based tests (PLGF) to better diagnose pre-eclampsia. This move could lead to better outcomes for thousands of babies and their mothers in the future. Pre-eclampsia affects one out of 10 pregnancies and often leads to serious complications if left untreated. Four PLGF tests have been proffered to…
Natalie Creaney
July 29, 2022
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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
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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
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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
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More than 140,000 people participate in NHS-Galleri blood test trial across the UK

The NHS has announced a milestone of over 140,000 people registering to participate in the NHS-Galleri trial of an innovative blood test offering the ability to detect more than 50 types of cancer. Since the trial project launched a year ago, thousands of volunteers have undergone the blood test at over 150 mobile clinic sites across the country. Participants will…
Natalie Creaney
July 22, 2022
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Atamis e-commerce service to be rolled out across all health sector organisations

CCS, the UK’s largest public procurement organisation, is working in partnership with NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to provide Atamis software licences to support health sector buyers, procurement teams, data analysts, and commercial teams to adopt the e-commerce system. Following the launch of the NHS Central Commercial Function (CCF), at Public Board on 7th…
Natalie Creaney
July 15, 2022
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BIVDA member companies enter into partnership to expand COVID-19 test use

A piece in the Business Leader magazine has been published on a collaboration between BIVDA member companies LumiraDx and Cignpost Diagnostics. The partnership will see LumiraDx’s rapid-result testing technology used by Cignpost for Covid testing across its corporate client base, specifically those in the elite sport and film and TV production sectors. Nick Markham, Co-founder, Cignpost Diagnostics, said: “Cignpost has…
Natalie Creaney
July 8, 2022
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