NHS patients across the country will get accelerated access to cutting edge technology through a new digital system that will cut red tape and boost life science, claims the government.
A new ‘innovator passport’ – to be introduced over the next two years – will allow new technology that has been robustly assessed by one NHS organisation to be easily rolled out to others.
The move is a key part of the government’s Plan for Change and its 10 Year Health Plan, which will transfer power to patients and transform how healthcare is delivered, creating an NHS fit for the future. For too long, cutting-edge businesses avoided working with the NHS and went elsewhere, weighed down by slow timelines and reams of processes. Now, organisations will be able to join up with the NHS quicker than ever before through the removal of needless bureaucracy. The government states this will be better for patients but also for the NHS and economic growth.
A ‘one-stop shop’ thorough check from the NHS will now allow businesses to get to work as quickly as possible and deliver on what matters most to patients across the country. It means NHS patients will get more effective treatments and support quicker, and the NHS will make the most of its finite assessment resource, all while businesses are given a boost through the government’s industrial strategy.
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