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Travel survey and BIVDA meetings

We are looking forward to our AV/VC installation next week which should significantly improve the blended experience for us all. All of our meetings are scheduled to be blended unless advertised otherwise. All of our planned meetings for this year are scheduled already and can be found on the Eventbrite page and the upcoming ones are at the bottom of…
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March 18, 2022
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SAVE THE DATE! – Joint Working Party Seminar

For BIVDA’s 30th Anniversary year we are excited to be holding a working party seminar, MGM and Celebration dinner leading into our annual Regulatory Affairs Seminar on Wednesday 12th October 2022! The Regulatory Affairs Seminar will then follow the first days events on the following days 13th-14th October 2022. We will be holding working party autumn meetings on Wednesday 12th…
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March 18, 2022
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Ukraine Update

BIVDA approached the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) directly to ask how member companies can best provide equipment to the people of Ukraine if they were able to. The DHSC responded by requesting a comprehensive list of items available for donation from interested member companies with details regarding: types of tests for donation, the number of tests available,…
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March 18, 2022
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BIVDA attends the Diagnostics Strategy Ministerial Roundtable event

This week, Doris-Ann attended a Ministerial Roundtable event on the upcoming Diagnostics Strategy, an important plan for the future of UK diagnostics. In a pre-meet discussion the week before, it was decided that a Roundtable is the most effective and favoured manner of engaging with Government ministers on the Strategy. In June 2021 the Elective Recovery Team was tasked with…
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March 18, 2022
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BIVDA AGM – Thursday 24 March 2022

This is the official Annual General Meeting of the Association. It is also BIVDA’s 30th Anniversary! This will be our Chairman, Darren Stenlake’s, last meeting as Chair having contributed a huge amount in leadership and energy over the last 3 years and he will hand over to Chair elect, Helen Tucker from ThermoFisher. As well as the formal business of…
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March 18, 2022
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IBMS Congress

We are very much looking forward to seeing members during next week’s Congress. It will be a chance for us to see you in action and meet up with old and new colleagues, some of whom we haven’t seen since before the pandemic. We know some of you have moved companies or changed roles and this will be a chance…
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March 11, 2022
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New 2022/23 Policy document published for the MedTech Funding Mandate

NHS England has published its ‘MedTech Funding Mandate policy 2022/23: guidance for NHS commissioners and providers of NHS-funded care’. This policy aims to direct the NHS on which MedTech innovations are effective and likely to give savings on investment; and to ensure the NHS has a sustainable approach to overcoming the financial barriers to adopting medical devices, diagnostics and digital…
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March 11, 2022
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NIHR Leeds In Vitro Diagnostics team to host an online event on remote diagnostics

The NIHR Leeds In Vitro Diagnostics team, in partnership with Yorkshire & Humber AHSN is set to host an online event for innovators that will explore the most urgent remote diagnostics requirements in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. NIHR Leeds In Vitro Diagnostics will present an overview of the support it offers, and expert Health Economists will deliver interactive…
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March 11, 2022
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Ukraine Update

The DHSC Continuity of Supply team continue to closely monitor the effect of the increased tensions in Ukraine and Russia on supply chains. If you have any issues with supply because of this situation, please report by using the usual routes. Financial sanctions guidance from the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has been updated with information on Russia. Click…
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March 11, 2022