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DHSC Supply Resilience Directorate updates

By October 1, 2024No Comments

Please find the following relevant updates from the Department of Health and Social Care’s Resilience Directorate below:

EU Entry and Exit Scheme
From November 2024, the EU Entry and Exit System (EES) will be implemented at juxtaposed controls in St Pancras station in London, Eurotunnel in Folkestone, and the Port of Dover in Kent.

EES will digitalise current systems, replacing the manual stamping of passports and will apply to third-country nationals each time they cross the external borders of the Schengen area.  The system registers an individual’s name, type of travel document, facial biometrics and fingerprints, along with the date and place of entry and exit. It is expected that all these elements will be required from day one of implementation.

The Home Office and the Department for Transport are leading cross-government work to help the border industry, including critical goods suppliers, to prepare and help ensure readiness for the implementation of EES. HMG are also working closely with the EU, member states and the border industry to help ensure readiness.
Export controls
SRD has been conducting research into export controls placed on medicines and medical products by other countries to increase our understanding of the frequency and impact of such controls. They are boosting our internal knowledge of these controls as they can have a disruptive impact on the supply chain, and are considering how they can help to mitigate these impacts.

Previous intelligence on certain export controls has been highlighted by industry, and they are keen to continue information sharing on this topic. As part of this work, you may have already been engaged for your intelligence on export controls. However, if you haven’t and you are aware of any export controls put in place by other countries, which are impacting your supply chain, they would like to hear from you. Please contact supply.engagement@dhsc.gov.uk with details of the export control and the impact that it is having on your organisation.
Technology in the supply chain
The Supply Resilience Directorate (SRD) are currently undertaking a project to build a broad picture of the different technologies being used to strengthen the resilience of medical supply chains, including in areas where supply issues commonly occur such as in manufacturing, demand, regulation, and logistics. The project aims to develop an evidence base of these technologies, illustrated through case studies.

So far, they have conducted initial desk research to map the range of potential technological solutions for building supply resilience and have identified a variety of innovations such as digital twins, Internet of Things, and various uses of AI. The next phase of the project will be to engage with industry to understand practical applications of technologies and how they build resilience.

They are keen to hear from members who are adopting innovative technologies to boost supply resilience.

Please let them know if you have any questions about the project by emailing supply.engagement@dhsc.gov.uk.
Bilateral Engagement – Poland
SRD engages regularly, bilaterally and multilaterally, with international partners. Poland has not been a priority country for us to date, given our dependency data shows a low reliance on them for medicines and MedTech/PPE products.

However, there is a potential opportunity for a government-to-government engagement with Poland, and they wanted to consult you on whether you had any specific interests in Poland and/or issues of concern that it would helpful for us to pursue, as some stakeholders had previously mentioned an interest in strengthening relationships with Poland.

Please contact supply.engagement@dhsc.gov.uk with any insight.

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