UK medtech industry sees opportunities in NHS’s ‘forward view’
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), released last week by NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens, is in some ways an outcomes-focused grand vision of how care should be delivered through NHS England’s multiple and various structures.
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