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Bulletin from Magen David Adom UK | Number 50 | Summer 2022
ISRAEL “10 YEARS AHEAD OF NHS”
In May, Magen David Adom UK was honoured
to welcome Wes Streeting MP to Israel as part
of a trip with Labour Friends of Israel.
The Shadow Health Secretary took part in a
biomedical conference, learned more about
Israeli medical tech during visits to hospitals and
startups and met with key figures including
Israel’s Minister of Health, Nitzan Horowitz. The
MP also met medics working for Magen David
Adom at the organisation’s National Dispatch
Centre and toured the newly opened Marcus
National Blood Services Centre in Ramla.
MDA’s Director of Blood Services, Professor Eilat
Shinar, guided Mr Streeting around the £90m
Blood Centre which was funded in a three-way
partnership between Magen David Adom UK,
American Friends of MDA and the Government
of Israel.
Mr Streeting is the first Labour MP to see the
sophisticated and ever-evolving software that
MDA UK is helping MDA in Israel to showcase and
sell around the world. He said he was “deeply
impressed” by Israeli healthcare - especially its
use of cheap, widely available technologies to
improve it. Mr Streeting praised the country’s
“remarkable advances in medical technology”
thanks to organisations like Magen David Adom.
He added, “Israel is ten years ahead of the NHS.
MDA’s health system is digital, where ours is
analogue. We need to emulate it to improve
patient experience and to clear the enormous
Covid backlog – and in many cases, this will
save money.”
President Herzog opens
new Marcus National
Blood Services Centre
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INSIDE
BUILDING LIFESAVING PARTNERSHIPS
AROUND THE WORLD
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PRESIDENT HERZOG OPENS £90M
MARCUS NATIONAL BLOOD
SERVICES CENTRE
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MULTIFAITH MEZUZOT
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RED CROSS HEAD SEEKING
STRONGER TIES
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MDA MISSIONS ARE BACK
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DEDICATED BY YOU
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MDA RESPONDS TO
UKRAINE CRISIS
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A RAY OF LIGHT FOR
UKRAINIAN ORPHANS
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