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Medical Technologies Directorate: Life Sciences

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 146620, tabled on 24 March 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92932, and with reference to page 10 of the Life Sciences Vision, what assessment his Department has made of how the Medical Technologies Directorate can contribute to positioning the NHS as an Innovation Partner.

Answered on

31 March 2022

The Medical Technologies Directorate is developing its strategy to be published in summer 2022, which will support the Life Sciences Vision. The Directorate has undertaken engagement with industry partners to identify the key priorities for the MedTech Strategy. This will include supporting an innovative and dynamic MedTech market to ensure that new products reach the National Health Service quickly through streamlined pathways. The forthcoming strategy will provide further details on this priority.