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G7 Finance Ministers have this week agreed a mission statement on supporting antibiotic development to avoid the “silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance” in the future. All G7 members have committed to expedite the implementation of their existing AMR Action Plans and related strategies, and to take additional specific and appropriate steps to address antibiotic market failure and create the right…

NHS England has appointed a new interim London director who will take over from Sir David Sloman, who recently became NHS England’s interim Chief Operating Officer in a matter of months. Andrew Ridley will lead the London regional office on an interim basis. Mr Ridley has been working up until now as Chief Executive of Central London Community Healthcare Trust.…

NICE has published its final guideline on Prostate Cancer on the NICE website. You can also find the supporting evidence, tools and resources as well as all the stakeholder comments that NICE received during consultation and the responses to these comments. This guideline covers the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer in secondary care, including information on the best way…

UKHSA ramps up testing availability following record week for distribution The UK’s testing programme is the biggest in Europe with nearly 400 million tests carried out to date, twice the number in France and more than four times the number in Germany So far this week around 400,000 test kits have been delivered to people’s homes each day to help…

The FTA between the UK and Australia – which was covered in the “International Trade Updates” article in Membership News – includes a chapter explicitly referencing antimicrobial resistance. It states both the UK and Australia’s acknowledgement that AMR poses a serious risk to human and animal health and includes measures which aim to combat the threat. The chapter can be…

We have just heard that NICE have announced the appointment of Dr Samantha Roberts as the next Chief Executive from February 2022. The current CEO, Gill Leng is retiring after 20 years at NICE and was BIVDA’s first contact with NICE in early discussions back in 2008 about the evaluation of IVDs. Sam Roberts was the original head of the…

All 42 integrated care systems (ICSs) have now appointed a chief executive, or declared that they have failed to name one. Recruitment processes for the ICSs began in Autumn 2021 and were run by NHS England. The last ICS to publicise their appointment is the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire ICS. Dr James Kent will act as the chief executive,…

The United Kingdom has secured an agreement-in-principle with Singapore on a digital trade deal that will “capitalise on the UK’s strengths as the world’s second largest services exporter and leading digital hub”. Through the trade deal, the Government says there will be a reduction in costs, reduced bureaucratic red tape, and that it will pave the way for a “new…