UK takes steps to speed up patient access to new treatments in hospitals
This article was originally published in RAJ Devices
Executive Summary
The UK’s health technology assessment body, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, together with the Department of Health, has proposed new measures to speed up patient access to new health technologies under the government-funded National Health Service1. This includes a consultation on proposed changes to the way that topics (covering pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, devices and diagnostics) are chosen and referred for NICE’s appraisals of new drugs and treatments2.