Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, reports on the appointment of two Ministers of State at the DHSC. New UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has confirmed that Karin Smyth MP will remain as Minister of State in t
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, flags the appointment of a new Health Secretary. The UK’s new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has today announced the appointment of Yvette Cooper as his new Secretary of State
How can medical technology startups successfully navigate strict regulatory pathways without slowing down their path to market? In this interview from the Med-Tech Expo 2026 show floor, Laurie Rowe, Founder of Red MedTech breaks down why traditional “late-stage” compliance planning is a major commer
Women have never had more digital tools and apps to monitor their bodies and their health, yet a major new study from Hertility, the UK & Ireland’s leading healthcare provider for women, reveals that nearly one in four (22%) don’t know their menstrual cycle length, and two in five trying to conceive
What happens when you take complex, flat 2D medical scans and transform them into highly accurate, tactile 3D models that surgeons can actually hold? In this interview, Editor Oli Johnson sits down with Jacqui O’Connor, founder and CEO of MedScan 3D and winner of the Med-Tech Expo 2026 PITCH competi
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, looks at NHS England’s new Sepsis modern service framework. NHS England has published a new Sepsis modern service framework setting out its strategy for addressing a life-thr
FPT, a global technology and IT services provider headquartered in Vietnam, has announced the launch of MediSight, an AI-powered framework that it says is designed to help healthcare organisations, medical device manufacturers, and pharmaceutical organisations accelerate digital transformation, stre
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, reviews the new NHS England Quality Strategy. NHS England has published a new quality strategy outlining how the NHS in England should deliver consistently higher standards o
Jason Mitchell is a Partner at MHA, supporting technology and life sciences businesses. A ‘single patient record’ has been discussed for over a decade, but every time benefits of greater data sharing have been raised, so have objections around data privacy and data control. At last, this debate may
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, reports on new announcements from the DHSC on how it will boost momentum in the roll-out of value-based procurement (VBP). Officials from the Medical Technology and Innovatio
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, highlights the significance of the newly-published Life Sciences Jobs Plan. The UK government has published its Life Sciences Jobs Plan, a detailed workforce and skills strat
A unified definition of value – developed with clinicians, patients, and industry – will reduce variation in access to existing products and prevent more medtech suppliers leaving the market, says MTG A new report from the Medical Technology Group is calling on the NHS to adopt a single, nationally
