UK Medtech Industry Points The Signpost At Better Adoption of Innovation
Executive Summary
Often seen as complicated to access, beset with high entry barriers and with no guarantee of product adoption, the UK NHS is at once a lucrative and tricky market to succeed in for medtech innovators. A new MedTech Landscape Review, from the AHSN Network, has taken on the tasks of signposting and explaining the system, its adoption pathways and its various tools and programs, in an effort to point the way for manufacturers who want to access the NHS.
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