{"id":92388,"date":"2018-05-30T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=9c3dcc946274813232b2c8d12b55d829"},"modified":"2018-05-30T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T13:05:00","slug":"news-story-dr-peter-groves-to-be-new-chair-of-the-devices-expert-advisory-committee-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=92388","title":{"rendered":"News story: Dr Peter Groves to be new chair of the Devices Expert Advisory Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Formed in 2015, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/groups\/devices-expert-advisory-committee\">Devices Expert Advisory Committee (<abbr title=\"Devices Expert Advisory Committee\">DEAC<\/abbr>)<\/a> is responsible for providing independent, external expert input and advice on a wide range of aspects relating to medical devices to support the Agency in its role to ensure that medical devices are acceptably safe and are used both safely and effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Groves is a consultant cardiologist at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and previously sat on <abbr title=\"Devices Expert Advisory Committee\">DEAC<\/abbr> as representative for Wales and was Deputy Chair. His experience includes a period a Director for Cardio-thoracic Services in the Health Board and he is current Chair of the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/get-involved\/meetings-in-public\/medical-technologies-advisory-committee\">NICE Medical Technology Advisory Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ian Hudson, Chief Executive Officer at <abbr title=\"the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency\">MHRA<\/abbr> said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I am very pleased Dr Groves has accepted this appointment as Chair of <abbr title=\"Devices Expert Advisory Committee\">DEAC<\/abbr> and I and the Agency are  looking forward to working with Dr Groves, who brings a wealth of expertise and experience to the role.<\/p>\n<p>As medical devices become ever more complex and diverse, the role of <abbr title=\"Devices Expert Advisory Committee\">DEAC<\/abbr> in providing independent external input and advice is increasingly vital to the work of the Agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I would also like to express my thanks to Dr Nightingale, our outgoing and founding chair, for all the support and expert advice he has provided during his tenure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dr Groves said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I am delighted to have been appointed as Chair of <abbr title=\"Devices Expert Advisory Committee\">DEAC<\/abbr> and look forward to working closely with colleagues at <abbr title=\"the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency\">MHRA<\/abbr>. The <abbr title=\"Devices Expert Advisory Committee\">DEAC<\/abbr> has an important role in providing clinical advice to <abbr title=\"the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency\">MHRA<\/abbr> in maximising patient safety and I am honoured to be taking on the leadership of such an esteemed group of professionals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">As an interventional cardiologist, I am constantly reminded of the ability of medical devices to change the lives of patients. Ensuring that the NHS has timely access to new and innovative medical devices is critical to service improvement but ensuring their safety, as best we can, is a fundamental responsibility. The <abbr title=\"Devices Expert Advisory Committee\">DEAC<\/abbr>, under my leadership, will do all it can to support <abbr title=\"the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency\">MHRA<\/abbr> in exercising this important function.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Peter Groves has been appointed as chairman of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency\u2019s (MHRA) Devices Expert Advisory Committee (DEAC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92407,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92388\/revisions\/92407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}