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Infectious Diseases and Near Patient Working Party Agendas – 6th November

The Infectious Diseases and Near Patient Working Parties are taking place back-to-back on Thursday 6th November. The Infectious Diseases Working Party agenda can be found here. Highlights include presentations on: Advancing the 100 Days Mission for Diagnostics: 2025 Global Gap Assessment Tuberculosis at home and away: diagnostic progress, pitfalls and prospects Update from the Fleming Initiative Register here. The Near…
Ben Kemp
October 28, 2025
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New Vice Chair of BIVDA’s Infectious Disease Working Party needed

Former chair of the group, Charlotte Duncan has announced she will be standing down.  Current vice-chair, Jayne Ellis will be stepping up as chair. If you are interested in taking on the role of vice-chair,  please submit a short biography and a paragraph on why you would like to be considered for the role to paul.fisher@bivda.org.uk. For an informal chat, please contact…
Ben Kemp
March 25, 2025
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Infectious Diseases Working Party Summary – August 2024

The BIVDA Infectious Disease Working party met at the BIVDA offices on 6 August.  The meeting opened with a review of the NHSE 5 year AMR Action plan which was delivered by Dr Jayne Ellis.  There was a great question and answer section that followed, and Helen requested that evidence from members around their products that can be used in…
Ben Kemp
August 13, 2024
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NICE guideline on suspected sepsis – consultation

This NICE guideline covers suspected sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management – source control, rapid antigen tests, indicators of organ hypoperfusion, intravenous fluids, and vasopressors in the NEWS2 population. You can now comment on this draft scope. The scope defines what the guideline will (and will not) cover. The consultation closes at 5pm, Thursday 23 November 2023.
Dawn
November 10, 2023
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NICE Guidelines Update: Respiratory Infections

Why is this guideline needed? Before the COVID-19 pandemic, people with Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI’s) presented via NHS 111 service or came into primary care for assessment. More serious cases self-presented to A&E, sometimes arriving by ambulance.  Post-COVID, the number of ARI’s and people presenting with symptoms has increased, putting pressure across healthcare settings. ARI Hubs and Virtual Wards have…
Dawn
November 3, 2023
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August Infectious Diseases Working Party

On Wednesday, we held our August Infectious Diseases Working Party in-person at the BIVDA office, with over thirty attendees and four excellent speakers. Mandy Townsend of the Innovation Agency spoke first, detailing a case study developed with her AHSN following the rapid testing and treating of flu in the community last year. The results proved significant, as patients benefitted from…
Ben Kemp
August 11, 2023
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NICE guideline on Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) in over 16s: Initial assessment and management

  The review questions for this NICE guideline have now been published on the project documents web page. This information is published for transparency, and to enable stakeholders to prepare for consultation on the draft guideline. The consultation on the draft guideline and its supporting evidence is due to start on 01 September 2023 and it will run for 2…
Ben Kemp
August 4, 2023
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NHS England and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre; Invitation to their Demand Signalling Event. 3 October 2023

NHS England’s and NIHR Leeds BRC’s flagship in-person event, Moving Forward in Infection Diagnostics: defining and communicating clinical need is taking place on Tuesday the 3rd October 2023 from 9.30am-4.30pm at the Leeds Nexus.    BIVDA are pleased to be sponsoring this event which will bring together a broad range of expertise from across patient groups, community, primary and secondary care…
Ben Kemp
July 28, 2023
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Rethinking the in vitro diagnostic testing model in Europe

Members of the Infectious Disease Working Party and Near Patient Testing Working Party may be interested in this McKinsey-produced report which examines how European health systems used in vitro diagnostic testing in new ways to tackle COVID-19 and how leaders can apply this monumental mobilisation to best use diagnostics as a means of transforming health outcomes in the future. This…
Dawn
July 28, 2023
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