To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92932, what plans his Department has to ensure the Medical Technology Directorate supports progress on the Precondition for Success, set out in the Life Sciences Vision, to position the NHS as an Innovation Partner.
This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.
Answered on
8 March 2022
The forthcoming MedTech strategy will focus on product evaluation, demand signalling and work to improve pathways to market to improve collaboration between industry and the National Health Service, supporting this precondition to success. Details on its implementation will follow in due course.