Association of British Healthcare Industries

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The Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) is the industry association for the medical technology sector in the UK. It represents over 200 companies whose output makes up for around 85 percent of the industry’s total.[1] [2]. Association of British Healthcare Industries has over 200 members in UK representiong medical technology sector. ABHI is also champion industry to the Government, NHS, regulators and stakeholders. [2].

It was formed 20 years ago 'to address industry’s need to engage with the fast moving regulatory landscape and to support UK companies export their products around the world'. Its purpose is 'to promote the rapid adoption of medical technologies to ensure optimum patient outcomes throughout the UK and in key global markets'.[1]

Organisational chart for the Association of British Healthcare Industries

Lobbying

PR agency Weber Shandwick carries out PR and lobbying for the ABHI.[3]

People

He has over 28 years of experience in sales marketing and general managment in the UK and Ireland Moreover, Peter Ellingworth worked as Vice president for UK and Ireland Leading Medical Device Comapany Convatec between 2001-2008. He has been an active member for Surgical Dressing Manufacturers Association, British Healthcare Trade Association, The Drug Traffic Forum and chairman of the AdvaMed UK Working Group. Peter Ellingworth spent over 12 years as a chairman of the ABHI before being appointed Chief Executive in September 2008. Furthermore, his goal is to represent ABHI members and endsure that their interest and views are presented in Whitehall, Wsetminster and Brussels.[4]

  • Andy Taylor - Director Healthcare Policy.He has joined ABHI as director of Healthacare Policy in 2006.

He spend the last 15 years at the Department of Health, where he worked mostly on the expansion of NHS dental access centres and the devolution to the NHS of the powers to control NHS dentistry. Furthermore, Andy Taylor worked with healthcare industries between 1996-1999, running Department of Health industry branch's healthcare market units and providing specialist advise to the government's overseas trade services. In addition, during the time at Department of Health A.Taylor worked closely with the Minister of State and the NHS Chief of Executive, also working in variety of roles with NHS managment and research managment. Moreover, just after his appointment at the ABHI, A.Taylor became head the head of the Strategy Unit at the Department of Environment, Food&Rural Affairs. <ref>'[3],"press-releases", accessed March 2011Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name

Membership

Membership is open to manufacturers as well as service companies involved in the sector, such as distributors, professional groups and lawyers.[1]

Affiliations

It is an active member of the Medical Technology Group (MTG)

Resources

  • [url title], publications details

Contact

111 Westminster Bridge Road
London, SE1 7HR

Url: http://www.abhi.org.uk

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ABHI website About ABHI, accessed Nov 2010
  2. ↑ ABHI, Association of British Healthcare Industries, website homepage, accessed 22 April 2011
  3. ↑ APPC register to August 2010
  4. ↑ '[1], "peterprofile", accessed March 2011
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