The Health Bill states that its aim is to ‘improve the quality of NHS care and services and to improve public health’. It will also provide the legal framework for a number of the proposals contained in Lord Darzi’s report - National Health Service Next Stage Review - published in June last year.
The Medical Technology Group (MTG) is a coalition of patient groups, research charities and medical device manufacturers working to make medical technologies available to everyone who needs them. We welcome the introduction of the Health Bill, but urge further development of its provision to ensure that the Bill delivers on its ambition of improving the quality of care patients receive.
Uptake of medical technologies in the UK is not currently as good as it should be. The UK spends just 4.5% of its healthcare budget on technology, compared with a European average of 6.3%. This leads to British patients missing out, for example life saving pacemakers are implanted in Germany at twice the UK rate.
Read more: The Health Bill - Parliamentary Briefing from the Medical Technology Group
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