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BIVDA contributes to industry panel at the MediWales Connects conference 2022

MediWales Connects was held on 29 June in Cardiff, with fantastic turn out from industry and the healthcare sector. Sessions covered the changes taking place within NHS Wales and talks from key stakeholders on important updates for the sector. Ashleigh spoke on the topic of IVD Regulation and how this is likely to impact stakeholders, including providing some detail on…
Ben Kemp
July 1, 2022
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MHRA has published their response to the ‘future regulation of medical devices in the UK’ consultation

On 26 June, MHRA published their formal response to the consultation on the future regulation of medical devices in the United Kingdom. This has been eagerly anticipated and gives a lot of detail on what can be expected for the new regulatory framework. The document totals 155 pages and has 16 chapters. An executive summary drafted by BIVDA can be…
Ben Kemp
July 1, 2022
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UK Medtech and Diagnostics Strategy

The DHSC Medtech Directorate shared the final details of the strategy which has been submitted to ministers this week, it has not substantially changed from the initial presentations and information that members were provided at our AGM in March 2022. The approval and response from ministers are expected this week, to aim to publish on the 4 July, however there…
Natalie Creaney
June 24, 2022
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BIVDA congratulates UK winners of the UNIVANTS Healthcare Excellence Awards

BIVDA is pleased to congratulate the three UK care organisations who have received recognition through the UNIVANTS awards programme. Foundational principles across all winning teams include “UNIFYING” across the care continuum for the development and implementation of “AVANT-GARDE” processes to enable measurable differences to clinical care. The 2021 submissions included hospitals, commercial laboratories, reference laboratories, and clinics.  Applications included best…
Natalie Creaney
June 24, 2022
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June MedTech Trade Association Forum meeting

The agenda covered various updates across Government, lead by the Department of Health and Social Care. The new Northern Ireland Bill was discussed, and what this could mean for products between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The Bill still needs to pass though parliament before it enters into force, but it could introduce a dual regulatory route for products allowing…
Natalie Creaney
June 24, 2022
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Northern Ireland Protocol Update

The UK Government has this week introduced a bill which takes unilateral action to alter the Northern Ireland Protocol, which they claim will fix four key issues. These issues are: burdensome customs processes, inflexible regulation, tax and spend discrepancies and democratic governance issues. They believe these changes are fundamental to restoring stability in Northern Ireland and protect the integrity of…
Natalie Creaney
June 17, 2022
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National TOMs update

One of the aims of this update has been to make it easier to use. So, with this in mind, there are now 3 sets of measures. A light version which has a set of 18 measures, a core version with 40 measures and then a non-core list of 280 measures that can be selected by contracting authority to reflect…
Natalie Creaney
June 17, 2022