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NHSE releases SME action plan

Last week, NHSE’s Chief Commercial Officer, Jacqui Rock, unveiled the organisation’s SME action plan, which sets out how the NHS will help to deliver their commitment to SMEs and enable the NHS to benefit from their significant value and contribution to patient care. The value of working together across the NHS is emphasised, alongside utilising expertise through the newly established…
Dawn
February 28, 2024
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BIVDA-led coalition calls for testing to tackle AMR

The BIVDA-led consensus statement calling for testing to tackle AMR was released on Monday. After many months of organisation, including incorporating feedback following our Parliamentary roundtable, we are delighted by the final product. BIVDA remain committed to leading the agenda on utilising diagnostics in the battle against AMR and will make sure to follow up on the outcomes that arise…
Dawn
February 28, 2024
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NHS Navigation Day, 21st March 2024

Are you a HealthTech SME or innovator looking to navigate the NHS? Join this Navigation Day to obtain insight into the NHS, and the fundamentals for scaling your HealthTech venture including: - NHS Landscape: Understand the structure of the NHS and healthcare - Regulatory Environment: ‘Is my technology a medical device?’ - Health Economics: An introduction to economic evaluation of health innovations - NHS Business Cases: What you…
Ben Kemp
February 21, 2024
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Pioneering genetic biobank to start recruiting patients on stroke prevention medicines

The pioneering Yellow Card Biobank, a pilot launched by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Genomics England, has begun investigating a new group of medicines used to prevent strokes known as Direct Oral Anticoagulants. The Yellow Card Biobank aims to help understand how a patient’s genetic makeup can impact the safety of their medicines and forms part of…
Ben Kemp
February 21, 2024
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BIVDA to hold EDI Summit on 30 April

BIVDA will be hosting an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Summit 2024 ‘Barriers to Inclusion’  on 30 April to discuss topics that include, but are not limited to, the following: Gender Disability Race Neurodiversity LGBTQIA Well-Being It is important for organisations to be aware of and understand the barriers that may be in place preventing equity and inclusion within the…
Ben Kemp
February 21, 2024
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Report reveals importance of diagnostic services to patients while exposing barriers

A report from the Patients Association has shown that diagnostic services are a key priority for patients, with 93% calling for greater investment to deliver faster testing and diagnoses in future. The report, which draws on the responses of over a thousand UK patients, discovered that 60% of patients would consider paying for testing if faced with a lengthy wait…
Ben Kemp
February 21, 2024
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BIVDA member selected for the Government’s IDAP pilot

BIVDA is delighted that one of our members, Upfront Diagnostics, is one of only eight companies to be selected for the exclusive Innovative Devices Access Pathway pilot. Their portable blood test, LVOne, could help paramedics identify stroke patients more quickly. Currently, ambulance workers can’t recognise a patient with a blood clot blocking the flow of blood and oxygen to their…
Ben Kemp
February 21, 2024
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