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Summary of the Government’s approach to the upcoming Major Conditions Strategy

The upcoming Major Conditions Strategy – aimed at improving outcomes arising from the six most common major health conditions over the next five years – has gathered opinion from users and stakeholders across the NHS. Their learnings continue to inform the strategy and have produced a number of both positive and negative findings. In positive news for our industry, the…
Ben Kemp
August 18, 2023
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Sir Patrick Vallance outlines interim recommendations for pro-innovation regulation report

The UK’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, has written to the Chancellor with interim recommendations as part of his review on pro-innovation regulation for the life sciences. The report is expected to be published by early May, and is gathering input from ‘industry champions’ across several fields. In his letter, Sir Patrick acknowledged the MHRA as a global leader…
Natalie Creaney
March 17, 2023
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Harnessing the power of digital in the healthcare sector – report

The in vitro diagnostics industry remains at the forefront of innovation in healthcare, delivering cutting edge tests which can allow patients to get diagnoses and therefore treatments at an earlier stage, monitor patients’ health away from a clinical setting, and provide information which can prevent disease altogether. The world of digital plays a key role in all of these processes.…
Ben Kemp
December 16, 2022
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Scottish One Health Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in 2021 report

Scottish One Health Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance (SONAAR) in 2021 report has produced a series of findings which may be of interest to members. Notable statistics include: Total antibiotic use in humans has decreased by 16.9% in Scotland since 2017 and have decreased by 8.6% in acute hospitals since 2017. Members can read the full report and the report…
Natalie Creaney
November 18, 2022
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BIVDA and LumiraDx release joint paper Testing Times

Doris-Ann was delighted to participate in a round table discussion in Parliament this summer organised by Lumira Diagnostics. This, together with a number of interviews, has resulted in a paper, Testing Times which is available on the BIVDA website (link below). The report outlines the role of rapid diagnostics in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and identifies barriers to their uptake…
Natalie Creaney
September 23, 2022
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MPs denounce the lack of progress by NHS England on early cancer diagnoses

The Government’s Health and Social Care Committee have issued a warning that NHS England is not making near-enough sufficient progress on detecting early stage cancers in the population. The Committee cited issues from staffing shortages, and post-pandemic delays for the delayed screening targets. 54% of cases are diagnosed at stages one and two, and the aim is to diagnose 75%…
Ben Kemp
April 8, 2022
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