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Sarah Joy Newton

Founder and Consultant - Amethyst Connect Ltd | Sustainability Programme Lead BIVDA - British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA)


Sarah Joy Newton

Sarah is a qualified nurse in adult and pediatric care, with an additional 15 years of excelling in the medical device industry. She is known for her enthusiasm and energy, with a genuine desire to ensure that, as well as product and company success, patient outcomes are improved and customers’ needs are met.

Sarah’s nursing and medical sales experience has given her a unique understanding and knowledge of the workings of the NHS and procurement. As well as a clinical understanding of products and technology, she has established contacts and working relationships within the sector.

As an experienced tender bid writer and internal ISO auditor, Sarah has developed a real insight into how to successfully complete tenders and provides solutions on how to comply with the ever-changing public procurement legislation, including the most recent requirements around:

  • Social value
  • Net Zero
  • Labour Standards
  • Modern Slavery

We work with more than 200 leading Life Sciences companies including:

Working with Life Science Access Academy, our company love the variety of the many courses that are on offer. The hour long courses on specific subjects are really useful on Friday lunchtimes for our field teams and gain a lot of interest.

Life Science Access Academy are also super flexible and helpful when it comes to tailoring some additional sessions to our needs.

Marsha Gray, Training Specialist

Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd

Frontier Medical has fully implemented, Life Science Access Academy allowing Sales and Marketing to utilise the system. Maximising on line learning for all remote staff stimulates a culture of self-development giving individuals the accountability and responsibility to broaden their skills set.

Life Science Access Academy training is topical and a good fit for the faced paced healthcare market.

Simon Warden - National Sales Manager

Frontier Medical Group

I have found the training via the Life Science Access Academy to be excellent and I know many of my colleagues have as well.

The content is always kept up to date and there is huge and interesting variety of topics covered. The site is curated in a way that makes it clear and easy to navigate. Also, the staff at Life Science access Academy are friendly and responsive and all the experts are always knowledgeable in their areas.

Richard Edmonds

Gedeon Richter Women's Health

The variety and relevancy of content brings value to many different roles across the healthcare industry.

I have also been overwhelmed by the way the Life Science Access Academy team have accommodated our own business needs, being sensitive yet responsive to helping us since its formation.

Robb Sayers, UK Capability Lead

ViiV Healthcare