UK innovation drive told to review the basics, as roll-out uptake is lacking
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Of the 26 action points set out in the UK NHS’s Innovation, Health and Wealth (IHW) programme to boost access to innovative health technologies, only nine had been fully implemented by their September 2012 deadline, according to an official progress review. Moreover, little over a third of providers had discussed the programme at board level and only a quarter had even developed an action plan or timeline for it.