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NICE guideline on suspected sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management

This final guideline has now been published on the NICE website. You can also find the supporting evidence, tools and resources as well as all the stakeholder comments received during consultation and the responses to these comments. NICE have also produced an equality impact assessment to support the guideline. There is brief information about the guideline for people using services,…
Dawn
February 7, 2024
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NHS Cancer Programme – Innovation Open Call 3

NHS England has launched a new round of its funding competition for innovation in the early detection and diagnosis of cancer. Based on the Rapid Cancer Registration Dataset, the proportion of cancers diagnosed at an early stage has started to improve for the first time in a decade. However, there is recognition that this improvement needs to accelerate. The NHS Long…
Dawn
February 7, 2024
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BIVDA Webinar: Shipping for Health, Friday 23rd February 10-11am

After a fantastic presentation at the Sustainability Seminar in November, BIVDA is delighted to welcome back Richard Hixson to talk to us about Oceans in a free member webinar. One of the questions on the NHS England Evergreen Supplier Assessment is: Has your organisation signed the Cargo Owners for Zero Emission Vessels (coZEV www.cozev.org) ambition statement? This presentation will enlighten…
Dawn
February 7, 2024
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NICE consultation on interim methods and process statement for including NICE technology appraisal recommendations in guideline topic areas

NICE is consulting on an interim methods and process statement regarding its approach to including NICE technology appraisal recommendations in guidelines. Please submit comments on the interim statement; it is a valuable opportunity to give your views on the proposed approach. The consultation page has all the information and documents you need to comment. If you do have comments, please…
Dawn
February 7, 2024
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HR Working Party – Thursday 18 January 2024

The HR function has evolved within organisations with the pandemic offering HR departments different challenges to overcome in addition to embedding new practices within the structure of the organisation. Organisations need to build HR capabilities around, how could people contribute, add value, to the bottom line to an organisation. Managers who treat people fairly and provide effective feedback and support,…
Ben Kemp
January 31, 2024
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Diagnostics Industry Advisory Group – What needs to happen for industry to support delivery of the new diagnostics strategy, now and in the future

BIVDA is a member of the secretariat for the DIAG. This group was set up as a forum to engage with industry to support NHS England’s Diagnostic Transformation Programme. The new NHS England diagnostics strategy was presented at the first meeting of the new format was held on Monday 29 January. Details can be found here. Helen Dent co-chaired the…
Ben Kemp
January 31, 2024
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Diagnostic Industry Advisory Group (DIAG) – NHS England Diagnostics Strategy

BIVDA is a member of the secretariat for the DIAG. This group was set up as a forum to engage with industry to support NHS England’s Diagnostic Transformation Programme. The Health Technology Partnership, OLS, Industry including BIVDA and NHS England recently reviewed how to maximise the impact of the group. This review resulted in a joint secretariat, revised terms of…
Ben Kemp
January 31, 2024
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Webinar – NHS Evergreen Supplier Assessment: Everything Suppliers Need to Know

It is now a mandatory requirement for suppliers who are already on any NHS Supply Chain Framework or who are participating in new tenders to complete and submit an Evergreen Sustainable Supplier Assessment each year. All suppliers to the NHS are being encouraged to complete the assessment even if they don’t have a NHSSC contract. Have you been asked to…
Dawn
January 31, 2024