BIVDA is delighted to announce that David Thorne has joined our organisation as Head of NHS Policy.
David will be part of the BIVDA Senior Leadership Team, working with Helen Dent, Beth Loudon, Angela Douglas MBE and Professor Mike Messenger to promote and improve the uptake of diagnostics and innovation across the NHS.
He will support members in navigating the evolving NHS landscape, particularly through the delivery of the NHS 10-Year Plan and the Life Sciences Sector Plan.
David brings an exceptional track record of leadership and transformation across the NHS. Originally a nurse, he has since held senior roles across hospital, community, primary care and commissioning organisations, including serving as Chair and CEO of primary care alliances and receiving recognition as CCG Manager of the Year.
He has also directed major NHS transformation programmes and has been a long-standing advocate for the essential role of diagnostics and point-of-care testing in service improvement.
Alongside his new role, David is Transformation Director for the Well Up North Primary Care Network, one of the country’s leading examples of advanced neighbourhood and integrated working.
He also brings three decades of UK market access experience, having advised around 300 companies through consulting and leadership roles. David leads Health Policy Explained Limited and serves as a Trustee for Hospice Care North Northumberland.
His deep NHS insight, extensive networks and hands-on experience in diagnostic innovation will be invaluable in supporting BIVDA members through practical policy analysis, authentic advice and enhanced opportunities for collaboration with NHS organisations ready for genuine innovation adoption.
David said: “I am delighted to be invited to this role and keen to work as a champion for BIVDA members’ interests. Diagnostics is the pivotal aspect of health services transformation but its power as a catalyst and enabler is too often turned to frustration. That needs to change through much wider recognition of the power of diagnostics.”
We warmly welcome David to BIVDA and look forward to the impact his leadership will bring to our members and the wider diagnostics community.
