13 December 2017

Falling short: Why the NHS is still struggling to make the most of new innovations

Falling short: Why the NHS is still struggling to make the most of new innovations
Nuffield Trust 13 December 2017
  • An analysis of why the NHS has struggled to adopt new medical technology innovations ('MedTech’). 
  • The most important issues include: an overly supply-driven and top-down approach to innovation, lack of clarity around who should be involved, lack of timely evidence around the impact of innovation, blocking by procurement services and lack of capacity in SMEs to fulfil the needs of large contracts.