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BIVDA attend the HCSA conference Membership NewsMembership News Archive

BIVDA attend the HCSA conference

Procurement and the supply chain within the health care sector are of key importance to manufacturers, suppliers, and users.  Value for money, sustainability, and the challenge of selling into the NHS are common themes mentioned by members to BIVDA. BIVDA attended the Healthcare Supply Association’s 2023 winter conference to represent members and enjoy access to senior industry, NHS, and government…
Dawn
December 1, 2023
NHS rolls out order-to-home hepatitis C tests via NHS website for tens of thousands at risk HighlightsHighlights Archive

NHS rolls out order-to-home hepatitis C tests via NHS website for tens of thousands at risk

Tens of thousands of people at increased risk of hepatitis C will be able to confidentially order self-testing kits to their home from 13 May, as the NHS steps up its bid to eliminate the deadly disease. The discreet, at-home testing kits will be free to order online as part of NHS England’s dedicated Hepatitis C Elimination Programme, which has…
Ben Kemp
May 19, 2023
NHS Carbon Reduction Plan (CRP) Requirements – April 2023 Membership NewsMembership News Archive

NHS Carbon Reduction Plan (CRP) Requirements – April 2023

As of 1st April 2023, the NHS now requires all suppliers of goods, services and works bidding for new contracts above £5 million per annum to have a published Carbon Reduction Plan (CRP) in place, in line with the NHS net zero supplier roadmap and the guidance published by NHS England in February 2023.  This requirement sets the foundations from…
Natalie Creaney
April 6, 2023
NHS catching more cancers earlier than ever before HighlightsHighlights Archive

NHS catching more cancers earlier than ever before

The NHS is diagnosing more patients with cancer at an earlier stage than ever before, according to new analysis. Last year (2021-2022), over 100,000 (100,461) patients were diagnosed with cancer at stages one or two when it is easier to treat – the highest proportion on record. Record numbers of people are getting checked for cancer – almost half a…
Natalie Creaney
November 11, 2022
Health spending NOT set to be cut but efficiencies needed instead HighlightsHighlights Archive

Health spending NOT set to be cut but efficiencies needed instead

It is understood that health spending will not be cut by the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt MP, in his Autumn Statement, but the NHS and DHSC do need to find efficiencies to alleviate the fiscal black hole plaguing the Government. Cabinet Ministers have also allegedly been told that underperforming trusts are set for a programme of reform. The new Health and…
Ben Kemp
November 3, 2022
Digital reforms in the NHS to be accelerated HighlightsHighlights Archive

Digital reforms in the NHS to be accelerated

Patients are set to benefit from more streamlined care and be able to make more informed choices about how and where they access treatment after plans to transform NHS data sharing were brought forward. The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) said the proposed transfer of NHS Digital’s functions into NHS England (NHSE) which were due to happen at…
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October 28, 2022
Health Secretary unveils Government’s “Plan for Patients” Membership NewsMembership News Archive

Health Secretary unveils Government’s “Plan for Patients”

Yesterday, Health Secretary Therese Coffey announced a raft of new commitments in the paper “Our plan for patients”, marking her first major policy moves in post. Despite the bland title, the paper includes some very interesting changes for the health service. In an attempt to arrest sliding public confidence in primary care, Dr Coffey announced that everyone requiring a GP…
Natalie Creaney
September 23, 2022
NHS reaches backlog milestone as longest waits are almost cleared HighlightsHighlights Archive

NHS reaches backlog milestone as longest waits are almost cleared

A major target established in the NHS Elective Recovery Plan has virtually been reached as the number of patients waiting two years or more for care has been cut significantly. This first step in the plan was focused on those patients waiting two years or more by the end of July, except where they chose to wait longer, did not…
Natalie Creaney
August 12, 2022
More than 140,000 people participate in NHS-Galleri blood test trial across the UK HighlightsHighlights Archive

More than 140,000 people participate in NHS-Galleri blood test trial across the UK

The NHS has announced a milestone of over 140,000 people registering to participate in the NHS-Galleri trial of an innovative blood test offering the ability to detect more than 50 types of cancer. Since the trial project launched a year ago, thousands of volunteers have undergone the blood test at over 150 mobile clinic sites across the country. Participants will…
Natalie Creaney
July 22, 2022