Membership News

On the 25 January 2022, the National Covid-Testing Cell wrote to Pathology Incident Managers and laboratories across England informing them that funding was to be made available for Trusts using point of care devices. The funding is to fund interface software to middleware and/or middleware itself to aide connectivity to electronic patient record. Trusts are required to complete a business…

On 6 January 2022, the Government made new legislation approved by Parliament, which amended the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”). The document states that rules “will also apply where a regulated activity is delivered through agency workers, volunteers, locums, students or trainees, or contracted to another provider. Compliance will be monitored and…

We will now be taking part in Focus Groups hosted by MHRA, contributing to the group for Trade Associations and industry. This will span both medical devices and IVDs. Our contributions to this group will align with the submission from BIVDA for the UKCA consultation which closed in November, but below is a list of the topics which we have…

Gallagher Life Sciences Practice are currently running a Cyber Insurance and Risk Management marketing campaign to update and educate companies in the Life Science industry regarding the fast-evolving nature of cyber threats. The culmination of this campaign is a free webinar run by their Cyber Risk Management professionals, who will discuss the different tactics employed by cyber criminals, report on…

BIVDA is looking to recruit a new Operations Support Officer who will be key to the delivery of operational and administrative support for the Secretariat and membership. This position will have various duties relating to our activities including meetings, facilities, finance, systems and other operational requirements as required. The full job description is here. Please contact Helen Dent (Chief Operating…

Westminster Forum Projects is hosting an online webinar to discuss the optimisation of diagnostics for improved speed and outcomes. Also being discussed will be the future outlook for medical device regulation in the wake of Brexit, with the MHRA having consulted on a more transparent and flexible approach. BIVDA Chief Executive Doris-Ann Williams will be among the main speakers at…

This has been initiated as some industries have raised concern about the availability of parts after this date. The survey can be found here and should take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. It will be open until 9am on Thursday 3 February 2022. We encourage you to take part if you supply or utilise spare parts for products, particularly if…

The Medical Research Council (MRC) have announced a new funding opportunity for environmental sustainability research in life science and medical practice. Research into the ecological and environmental impacts of medical and life science activities is an extremely important issue. Sectors across our economy are obliged to examine waste output and energy use that are detrimental to the planet, and feed…