An HSJ roundtable, in association with Philips, discussed what the NHS must do to embed the innovations it so desperately needs
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The UK healthcare sector has no difficulty in generating innovations. However, a gap exists between the potential outcomes from state-of-the-art technologies and the actual outcomes experienced by patients today.
This gap is not new, and its causes are well known. Lord Darzi’s report on the NHS talks of a lack of capital investment that has left the NHS “in the foothills of digital transformation” compared to other sectors of the economy.
However, in an NHS with extreme financial, workforce, and seasonal challenges, innovations without an immediate and obvious effect on balance sheets or targets are easy to deprioritise.
An HSJ roundtable, in association with health technology leader, Philips, looked to identify opportunities for spreading innovation and what is needed to make it happen. The roundtable was timed to coincide with the publication of Philips’ UK Future Health Index – a report analysing the perspectives of 200 UK healthcare leaders.
Read the detailed roundtable report here.
Panel
- Raghib Ali, chief executive and chief medical officer, Our Future Health
- Neil Ashman, chief executive, The Royal London and Mile End Hospitals
- David Hare, chief executive, Independent Healthcare Providers Network
- Peter Howitt, managing director for the Centre for Health Policy and the Climate Cares Centre, Institute for Global Health Innovation
- David Lawson, director of medical technology, Department of Health and Social Care
- Mark Leftwich, managing director, Philips UK and Ireland
- Rachel Power, chief executive, Patients Association
- Richard Stubbs, chief executive, Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber
- Victoria Tzortziou Brown, vice chair (external affairs), Royal College of General Practitioners and research and innovation lead, NHS North East London
- Sarah Woolnough, chief executive, The King’s Fund
- Alastair McLellan, editor, HSJ (roundtable chair)
