‘Innovator passports’ set to boost UK health tech rollouts

A new ‘innovator passport’ -- set to be introduced over next two years -- will allow new technology that has been robustly assessed by one part of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) to be more easily rolled out to others. Healthcare innovations need to be thoroughly tested before being widely adopted, but of course this can slow down potentially life saving innovations from reaching the people who would benefit from them. The UK government is introducing a new digital system will mean companies can innovate faster and patients can get access to pioneering tech as soon as it’s ready… [Continue Reading]