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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.<ref name="about">ABHI website [http://www.abhi.org.uk/about/about-abhi.aspx About ABHI], accessed Nov 2010</ref> <ref> ABHI, [http://www.abhi.org.uk/ Association of British Healthcare Industries], website homepage, accessed 22 April 2011 </ref>. 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. [http://www.abhi.org.uk/].  
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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 UK member companies whose output makes up for around 85 percent of the industry’s total.<ref name="about">ABHI website [http://www.abhi.org.uk/about/about-abhi.aspx About ABHI], accessed Nov 2010</ref> <ref> ABHI, [http://www.abhi.org.uk/ Association of British Healthcare Industries], website homepage, accessed 22 April 2011 </ref>.  
  
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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'.<ref name="about"/> [[File:Organisation Structure Sept 2010.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Organisational chart for the [[Association of British Healthcare Industries]]]]
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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'.<ref name="about"/> [[File:Organisation Structure Sept 2010.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Organisational chart for the [[Association of British Healthcare Industries]]]]
 
==Lobbying==
 
==Lobbying==
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PR agency [[Weber Shandwick]] carries out PR and lobbying for the ABHI.<ref>[[APPC]] register to August 2010</ref>
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*PR agency [[Hanover]] carries out PR and lobbying for the ABHI. Before that it was [[Weber Shandwick]]<ref>[[APPC]] register to August 2010</ref>
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*[[PB Political Consulting]]<ref>[https://registerofconsultantlobbyists.force.com/CLR_Public_Profile?id=00124000006a4yrAAA PB Political Consulting profile 2015], ''Registrar of consultant lobbyists'', accessed 8 February 2016</ref>
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
 
*[[Geoff Cox]] - Chairman of ABHI and Managing Director of [[Huntleigh UK]]
 
*[[Geoff Cox]] - Chairman of ABHI and Managing Director of [[Huntleigh UK]]
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*[[Peter Ellingworth]]- director - general of the Association of British Healthcare Industries.  
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*[[Peter Ellingworth]]- Director-general of the Association of British Healthcare Industries.  
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He has over 28 years of experience in sales marketing and general managment in the UK and Ireland
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Moreover, Peter Ellingworth worked as Vice president for UK and Ireland Leading Medical Device
 
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Comapany Convatec between 2001-2008. He has been an active member for Surgical Dressing Manufacturers
 
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Association, British Healthcare Trade Association, The Drug Traffic Forum and chairman of the AdvaMed
 
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UK Working Group. Peter Ellingworth spent over 12 years as a chairman of the ABHI before being appointed
 
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Chief Executive in September 2008. Furthermore, his goal is to represent ABHI members and endsure that their
 
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interest and views are presented in Whitehall, Wsetminster and Brussels.<ref>'[http://abhi.3internet.com/news/peterprofile.aspx],
 
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"peterprofile", accessed March 2011</ref>
 
 
   
 
   
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*[[Andy Taylor]] - Director Healthcare Policy.He has joined ABHI as director of Healthacare Policy in 2006.
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*[[Andy Taylor]] - Director Healthcare Policy.
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He spend the last 15 years at the Department of Health, where he worked mostly on the expansion of NHS dental access centres
 
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and the devolution to the NHS of the powers to control NHS dentistry. Furthermore, Andy Taylor worked with healthcare industries
 
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between 1996-1999, running Department of Health industry branch's healthcare market units and providing specialist advise to the
 
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government's overseas trade services. In addition, during the time at Department of Health A.Taylor worked closely with the Minister of
 
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State and the NHS Chief of Executive, also working in variety of roles with NHS managment and research managment. Moreover, just after
 
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his appointment at the ABHI, A.Taylor became head the head of the Strategy Unit at the Department of Environment, Food&Rural Affairs.
 
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<ref>'[http://www.abhi.org.uk/press/press-releases/2006.aspx],"press-releases", accessed March 2011<ref/>
 
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==Membership==
 
==Membership==
 
Membership is open to manufacturers as well as service companies involved in the sector, such as distributors, professional groups and lawyers.<ref name="about"/>
 
Membership is open to manufacturers as well as service companies involved in the sector, such as distributors, professional groups and lawyers.<ref name="about"/>

Latest revision as of 21:59, 28 July 2016

The Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) is the industry association for the medical technology sector in the UK. It represents over 200 UK member companies whose output makes up for around 85 percent of the industry’s total.[1] [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

People


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. ↑ PB Political Consulting profile 2015, Registrar of consultant lobbyists, accessed 8 February 2016
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