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Life Sciences Industrial Strategy backs AAR
The independent Life Sciences Industrial Strategy, written by the Government’s Life Sciences Champion Professor Sir John Bell, has been published. Bell was commissioned by the Government to put...
Getting It Right First Time programme – Members’ meeting, 18th July
The Alliance’s members were delighted to hear from Rachel Yates, Managing Director and Deputy SRO of the ‘Getting It Right First’ (GIRFT) programme, at our last meeting on 18th July. Led by...
£86 million funding announced for new medicine and technology
The Government has today announced funding of up to £86 million as a first step in taking forward the Accelerated Access Review. The funding is split into four...
New Department of Health ministerial responsibilities announced
The new Department of Health ministerial responsibilities have now been announced. Lord O’Shaughnessy, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, is the minister responsible for the uptake...
New Department of Health Ministers announced
Following last week’s General Election, at which two serving Health Ministers lost their seats, Number 10 has announced the new Ministerial team at the Department of Health. Steve Brine MP and...
The Rise of STPs: what do they mean for the NHS?
With the major parties all committed to further increases in healthcare spending, much of the debate in this area in the run up to the General Election has been dominated by a single acronym: STPs –...
New tool for medtech companies
NICE is launching the Medtech Early Technical Assessment (META) tool that will allow for medical technology to reach patients faster. Members of the Health Tech Alliance were given an exclusive look...
Conservative Manifesto: What does it mean for health tech?
Last week, Theresa May launched the Conservative manifesto. The manifesto included a number of eye-catching pledges of relevance to the health tech sector and the NHS more broadly. Regarding...
Labour’s plans for health outlined in leaked manifesto
Yesterday’s leaked Labour manifesto, made available only hours before it was to be signed off, offers an insight into the party’s plans for the NHS – an area of policy which the party typically...
Health Tech Alliance hear about forthcoming Science and Innovation Audit at Med-Tech Innovation Expo 2017
The Health Tech Alliance attended the first day of the Med-Tech Innovation Expo 2017 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry this week. Supported by MedilinkUK and Med-Tech Innovation, amongst others, the...
What does the election mean for health tech?
The Prime Minister’s decision to call a General Election sent shockwaves through Westminster, having repeatedly vowed not to have a snap election at a time when the country needed stability...
Lords Committee: Uptake of HealthTech must be a priority for the NHS
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS has released a report entitled ‘The Long-term Sustainability of the NHS and Adult Social Care’. Overall the report...