| 17 David Lawson Director of Medical Technology & Innovation Department of Health and Social Care David Lawson is Director of Medical Technology & Innovation at DHSC having commenced the role in October 2022. In this role, David is the Government policy lead for Medical Technology with responsibility for the implementation of the Government’s inaugural Medical Technology Strategy published in February 2023. Key initiatives include the Design for Life programme, to drive move to a circular economy for MedTech; Value Based Procurement Standard Guidance and MedTech Compass to provide a sideby-side comparison tool and a passporting system; reform of the Part IX Drug Tariff which controls MedTech prescribed in the community; DHSC sponsor for the Clinical Entrepreneur Programme; and SRO for the Innovative Devices Access Pathway bringing together MHRA, NICE, NHSE to provide enhanced support for novel technology. Prior to joining the Department, David was the Chief Procurement Officer at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust – a position he held for 21 years. Professor Lucy Chappell Department of Health and Social Care Chief Scientific Adviser and CEO of the NIHR Professor Lucy Chappell is Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the UK’s largest funder of health and care research. The Chief Scientific Adviser has overall responsibility for DHSC research and development and for supporting analysis and life sciences across the Department. Lucy provides science advice to ministers across the range of health topics and is involved in cross-government science policy. Lucy is also Professor of Obstetrics at King’s College London, working mainly in clinical trials in pregnancy, and a practising Consultant Obstetrician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
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