Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, hopes the new MedTech Minister will proceed at full speed with the roll-out of value-based procurement.
The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has appointed Preet Kaur Gill MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care, to replace Dr Zubir Ahmed who resigned from government in protest at Keir Starmer’s refusal to stand down as Leader of the Labour Party.
A former social worker, Gill was first elected as the MP for Birmingham Edgbaston in June 2017. She served as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development between April 2020 and September 2023, and as Shadow Minister for Primary Care and Public Health between September 2023 and July 2024.
Many in the MedTech sector are hoping the new minister will proceed at full speed with the planned roll-out of the Department of Health and Social Care’s new standard assessment methodology for value-based procurement, due in June.
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