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The Health Tech Alliance attended a Parliamentary Reception for the APPG for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (APPG4IR), hosted by Alan Mak MP. It brought together a range of industry leaders and health body representatives to discuss how healthcare and technology can...

Earlier this week, Political Intelligence were invited to an exclusive event which saw Health Secretary Matt Hancock interviewed by health policy analysts and writer, Roy Lilley in front of a crowded room at the Royal Society of Medicine. Hancock made clear that...

Following a number of new health policy announcements from the Labour camp, the Conservatives outlined several new funding pledges and initiatives as they used their party conference to announce a number of domestic initiatives following months of focus on Brexit....

The Labour Party Conference took place earlier this week in Liverpool and Leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth outlined a number of bold policy initiatives as part of his speech to Labour members. While Corbyn’s speech was light on new policy...

An eventful week saw not just the NHS Expo, but a Health Tech Alliance meeting take place last week. The Alliance’s members heard from NHS England’s Dr Sam Roberts, Director of Life Sciences and Innovation and Senior Casemix Consultant at NHS Digital, Jill Cockrill,...

After a dramatic twenty-four hours in Westminster saw the Cabinet resignations of Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister was forced into a sudden reshuffle that saw Culture Secretary Matt Hancock elevated to Health...

The Health Tech Alliance team got the chance to listen to Jeremy Hunt in conversation with Andrew Neil, where the Health Secretary gave an insight into his plans for the NHS and discussed in frank terms, the future of funding. The Daily Politics host questioned Hunt...

Lord Ara Darzi has been announced as the new Chair of the Accelerated Access Collaborative, following Sir Andrew Witty’s decision to stop down from the position. Lord Darzi was a Minister at the Department of Health under Gordon Brown and was granted a peerage in...

At our latest members’ meeting, attendees gained first-hand advice on best practice in NICE submissions and assessments and were given a live demo of the HealthTech Connect system (formerly known as MedTechScan), the new horizon scanning tool for medical technologies....

The Health Tech Alliance team travelled to exhibit at the Med-Tech Innovation Expo 2018, held at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The Expo provides an opportunity for companies across all areas of the MedTech supply chain to showcase their innovation and hear from leading...

The Health Tech Alliance are delighted to announce that our next meeting will focus on best practice in NICE submissions and feature a live demonstration of the horizon scanning system, MedTechScan. Attendees will hear from David Sissling (Project Director for...

The NIHR Surgical MedTech Cooperative (MIC) is funded to develop new concepts, develop proof-of-concept/principle and to devise research protocols for medical technologies for surgery by working in collaboration with academics, clinicians, industry and patients....