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Updates from the Conservative Party Conference
The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP has laid out ambitious plans to deliver the largest increase in training "in the history of the NHS". He made the pledge at the Conservative Party Conference in...
UK Health Show 2017: Our highlights
The UK Health Show took place this week at the Olympia in London and provided a great opportunity for the Health Tech Alliance to observe and interact with technological suppliers and innovators...
Labour pledge an emergency £500m ‘winter bailout fund’
The Health Tech Alliance attended this week’s Labour Party Conference in Brighton. One of the key announcements was Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth’s calls for the Government to supply an...
Minister outlines Government plans to respond to the Accelerated Access Review in October
Lord O’Shaughnessy, the minister responsible for the uptake of new drugs and medical technologies, confirmed that the Government will respond to the Accelerated Access Review by the end of October...
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...