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Written question asked by George Howarth (Labour) on Thursday, 27 April 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 May 2023. It was answered by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 May 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Medical Treatments and Technology

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Integrated Care Systems' (a) provision of effective care and treatments and (b) use of medical and health technologies.

Answer

To ensure people get effective care and treatment, the Department and NHS England have set out recovery plans for elective and urgent and emergency care. We will also soon publish a Primary Care Recovery plan that will set out how general practices and Primary Care Networks can be supported to improve access.

The new medical technology (MedTech) strategy published in February identifies, as a key priority, the need to streamline the innovation pipeline to ensure effective technology can be adopted at scale.

We continue to provide investment across a range of technology to support integrated care systems, including new community diagnostics centres, virtual wards and accelerated decision making through adoption of new artificial intelligence tools.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
183034
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Medical treatments Medical devices Technology Integrated care systems
Link
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