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Christmas Opening and 2023 January Renewals

BIVDA will be closed for the Christmas period from Friday 23rd December until Tuesday 3rd January. Both Doris-Ann and Helen will be monitoring their own email addresses intermittently for any urgent issues, but the membership and enquiries email addresses won’t be monitored. BIVDA is open as usual until 5.30 on Friday 23rd, so please contact Helen . Doris-Ann will be…
Natalie Creaney
December 16, 2022
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Hewitt ICS review: call for evidence

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has appointed the Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt to consider the oversight and governance of integrated care systems (ICSs). The review will consider how the oversight and governance of ICSs can best enable them to succeed, balancing greater autonomy and robust accountability. It will have a particular focus on real time data…
Ben Kemp
December 16, 2022
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Innovate UK Funding Opportunities – apply here!

Members may be interested in the following opportunities – Resource efficiency for materials and manufacturing and Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2022 to 2023 Round 5. Please see more details below:   Resource efficiency for materials and manufacturing (REforMM) – closes 21/12/2022 UK registered businesses and organisations can apply for a share of up to £1 million for feasibility studies that…
Ben Kemp
December 16, 2022
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BIVDA held our Winter Sustainability Seminar at the Royal College of Nursing in London

BIVDA holds 2 seminar’s each year to keep members up to date on the latest developments and provide training opportunities. Our next Seminar is Thursday 22 Jun 2023 at 2pm. You can register here. Simon Clarke, Managing Director of BSOL Procurement Collaborative, UHB came to talk to us about the work that his procurement team at Birmingham and Solihull ICS…
Ben Kemp
December 16, 2022
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UK National Screening committee roundtable on multi-cancer early detection tests (MCEDs)

The UK NSC is inviting commercial organisations involved in developing multi-cancer early detection tests (MCEDs) to an information-sharing roundtable event on the afternoon of Tuesday 21 February, 2023. Commercial organisations wishing to attend must have a product that: is already operational, or is expected to be ready as a screening tool within the next 5 years tests for 2 or more cancers…
Ben Kemp
December 16, 2022
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Medical Technology Group Reception

BIVDA did consider joining this group in the past, but its focus is very much on medical devices - however it did provide some excellent networking! There were a lot of speakers during the reception, including two patients giving their experiences of living with their long-term conditions. Doris-Ann has captured a few highlights from other guest speakers: Mark Chapman, the…
Ben Kemp
December 9, 2022
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Funding At the Speed of Innovation (FAST) Pilot 2 to open next week

Professor Michael Lewis, SBRI Healthcare and NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme Director, has announced a second FAST pilot programme, which is to open for applications next week. It is to have double the funds of the previous iteration. So far, 25 diverse projects have been awarded £1m of funding to address questions such as market research validations, rapid user-centred…
Ben Kemp
December 8, 2022
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Life Sciences Access Academy – free exclusive webinar links for members, November

Due to BIVDA’s partnership with the Life Sciences Access Academy, BIVDA members have access to two free exclusive webinars. This month’s webinars are:   Politics, Policy and NHS Management with Andy Cowper NHS policy expert, Andy Cowper, analyses and interprets the implications for the industry of the ever-changing politics, policy and management of the NHS.   Health Economy Insight with…
Ben Kemp
December 8, 2022
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Spotlight on Sustainability – Supplier Tender Checklist

As part of a new series we are highlighting BIVDA’s Sustainability Hub – a valuable free resource for BIVDA members. The Sustainability Hub has resources and guidance around Social Value and Environmental Sustainability. With a focus on the requirements needed for members to meet the minimum requirements for public procurement tenders. Over the coming weeks in ‘Spotlight on Sustainability’ a different topic or resource…
Ben Kemp
December 8, 2022
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Doris-Ann features on a The King’s Fund event panel and attends NAM meetings in Brussels

The King’s Fund held a conference ‘Meeting Demand: the changing picture of diagnostics’ on 16 November. There was a breakfast session before the official opening plenary focussed on Antimicrobial Resistance which was timely as it was just in advance of World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week. The panel discussed how access to diagnostics in primary care needs to be improved as…
Ben Kemp
December 2, 2022