Med-Tech Innovation May 24, 2024
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, chair of the Urology Trade Association, and governor of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, looks how the civil service general election shut-down impacts key medtech projects.
Surprising the majority of Westminster watchers, and most of his own MPs, UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has called a general election for 4th July and Parliament is ‘proroguing’ [dissolving] for the campaign period. This has implications for the operation of government departments and Ministers, and will impact several key medtech projects, though not, perhaps, as seriously as some might think.
As the Commons dissolves, there cease to be any Members of Parliament. There are now only parliamentary candidates,...
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