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The national policies, guidance and resources listed below will assist any innovator in learning more about the current needs and challenges facing the NHS and social care services. Alongside information on relevant standards, guidance useful reports.
The national policies, guidance and resources listed below will assist any innovator in learning more about the current needs and challenges facing the NHS and social care services. Alongside information on relevant standards, guidance useful reports.
National Policies
White paper setting out legislative proposals for a Health and Care Bill
Integration and innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all
Published: 11 February 2021
The NHS Long Term Plan, also known as the NHS 10-Year Plan is a document published by NHS England, which sets out its priorities for healthcare over the next 10 years and shows how the NHS funding settlement will be used.
NHS Long Term Plan
Published: 7 January 2019
Standards
Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) for health and social care
Published: 7 October 2020
Evidence Standards Framework for Digital Health Technologies
Published: December 2018
Guidance
Public Health England guidance for Evaluating digital health products
NICE guidance for considering a device, diagnostic or digital technology. Nice Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme
Medical devices: How to conform with the legal requirements for placing medical devices on the market
Published: 31 December 2020
Clinical Risk Management: its Application in the Manufacture of Health IT Systems
Becoming an NHS supplier. Find out how to become an NHS supplier
Health Technology Wales works in collaboration with partners across health, social care and the technology sectors to ensure an all-Wales approach. Non Medicine Health Technology Wales
The Life Science Hub for Wales enables collaboration with international companies, innovators and AHSN’s to deliver effective solutions for healthcare services in Wales. Life Sciences Hub Wales website
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) supports the life sciences industry to translate innovation into the health and care system and onto market. The team help innovators at any stage of clinical development by:
- providing access to experts including clinical collaborators and patient and public advisors;
- connecting innovators to the richest primary and secondary health data sets in the world;
- providing access to world-class research facilities.
They also support innovators in designing, setting up and delivering their studies within the NHS and social care system.
Reports
NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA)
Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation
South East Health Technologies Alliance
Accessing the NHS – A Guide for SMEs
Boehringer Ingelheim
An Innovator’s Guide to the NHS: Navigating the barriers to digital health
