![]() The UK has lost its lead after gaining ground in the early months of the pandemic, Bingham says. “There’s no industry expert from life sciences in government, and that’s what you need.” “We’ve got a wonderful science and technology department led by non-scientists,” says Bingham. For Bingham, who’d previously argued there was a “deliberate government policy” not to support life sciences in the UK, this is a sign that ministers are “actually paying attention.” The government announced a £650 million package of measures last month to boost Britain’s life sciences sector, as part of a bid by Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt to spur economic growth. It’s in reference to Bingham’s decision to celebrate good results from a trial into Novavax Inc.’s vaccine by giving up Dry January early in 2021.Īlthough Bingham is now back at her day job, where she invests in companies such as Bicycle Therapeutics Plc, a $780 million biotech company listed on Nasdaq, she has continued to use her platform to push for change in Whitehall. A framed copy of the Daily Star of Scotland, with the headline “Champagne Super Nova” sits next to her desk in London’s Holborn district. The negative headlines were muted once it emerged that Bingham and her team had negotiated a string of deals with pharmaceutical companies - with Britain becoming the first company to approve the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE jab. On the table in front of Bingham is a birthday present for her husband - a statue of Edmund Burke that she picked up for £5,000 ($6,324) at a recent auction. References to Norman, who was a couple of years ahead of Johnson at Eton - Britain’s most exclusive private school - are peppered throughout our interview. “If you’re in the private sector, you’re not used to people taking potshots at you based on some newspaper report.” The “punchline,” says Bingham, is that “we did a really good job.” “It was miserable,” say Bingham, of the ordeal. Bingham - who is married to Conservative Member of Parliament Jesse Norman - was accused of being the face of Tory chumocracy after she was handpicked by Johnson to fill the unpaid role without an interview. An investor in life sciences for more than 30 years, she was thrown into the spotlight by a spell as head of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce. Since Covid, Bingham, 57, has become something of an unwilling expert in the court of public opinion. “If the Tories do it they’ll say they’re all privatizing it and they’re doing it to line their own pockets. Public opinion has turned against Britain’s ruling party, she says, making reform of the NHS impossible. “That’s only going to happen with Labour,” says Bingham during an interview at the head office of the investment fund she runs, SV Health Investors LLP, in London. But Kate Bingham - mastermind of the Covid vaccine roll out during Boris Johnson’s premiership - doesn’t think a Conservative government can fix the record waiting lists, chronic staff shortages and frequent strikes. Privacy Policy.(Bloomberg) - The National Health Service is “hopeless” and needs a “complete restructuring,” says the woman behind one of its few major successes in recent years. The national network for youth in foster care. Watch the following video "Best Practices for Grief: Foster Care … › Navigating The Foster Car…Navigating the child welfare legal system …Family Connections įor youth who have been living in foster care, the transition to adulthood … Online store to support FosterClub, the national network for young people in … ![]() ![]() › PermanenceThis course is designed to help foster …Start Course Why do so many foster youth lose connections with their siblings? Is there … › Course CatalogNavigating the child welfare legal system …Introducing Your Home Īdverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that can … Web FosterClub training: includes trauma-informed resources and perspectives encourages an interactive forum where foster parents can share reflections and learnings provides … Foster Parent Online Training | FosterClub
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