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Medical Technology Strategy

The Department of Health and Social Care is developing a Medical Technology Strategy to guide how the NHS adopts and integrates new medical devices, digital technologies, and regenerative medicine innovations. The strategy addresses digital transformation challenges, high-cost medical device commissioning, and AI regulation in healthcare, with coordination across NHS England and consideration of international regulatory frameworks.

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2026

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department of Health and Social Care linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an a) estimate of the number of NHS refrigerators and other medical equipment containing cellular internet of

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an a) estimate of the number of NHS refrigerators and other medical equipment containing cellular internet of things modules manufactured by Chinese companies and …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department of Health and Social Care linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration his Department has given to the integration of recommendations from the Getting It Right First Time programme for gastroent

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration his Department has given to the integration of recommendations from the Getting It Right First Time programme for gastroenterology into the national quality strategy.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department of Health and Social Care linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reliability of AI systems in supporting medical diagnosis, particularly in cases where patient data is incomplete; and what steps

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reliability of AI systems in supporting medical diagnosis, particularly in cases where patient data is incomplete; and what steps they are taking to ensure that appropriate safeguards a

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department of Health and Social Care linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of AI tools in supporting the early detection and diagnosis of cardiovascular conditions; and what steps they are taking to s

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of AI tools in supporting the early detection and diagnosis of cardiovascular conditions; and what steps they are taking to support the safe and effective adoption of …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department of Health and Social Care linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the liver transformation programme led by the Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Clinical Reference Group will include a specific work stream

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the liver transformation programme led by the Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Clinical Reference Group will include a specific work stream to help address the unmet clinical need in metabolic …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department of Health and Social Care linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the increased health costs caused by AI displacement in the workforce and associated stresses; and if

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the increased health costs caused by AI displacement in the workforce and associated stresses; and if he will make a statement.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department of Health and Social Care linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of AI in supporting personalised healthcare and extending patient life expectancy; and what plans they have to develop a stra

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of AI in supporting personalised healthcare and extending patient life expectancy; and what plans they have to develop a strategy for safe and effective integration of AI …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department of Health and Social Care linked

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 4 March (HL14724), whether NHS England has provided guidance to integrated care boards in the current planning roun

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 4 March (HL14724), whether NHS England has provided guidance to integrated care boards in the current planning round to include robotic assisted surgery adoption trajecto

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department of Health and Social Care linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of AI and data analytics platforms by the NHS, including in partnerships with private technology providers; and what steps the

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of AI and data analytics platforms by the NHS, including in partnerships with private technology providers; and what steps they are taking to ensure that use of …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department of Health and Social Care linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Pandemic Preparedness Strategy: building our capabilities, published on 25 March 2026, (a) who wrote the do

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Pandemic Preparedness Strategy: building our capabilities, published on 25 March 2026, (a) who wrote the document and (b) whether AI technology was involved.

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22 Apr 2026 | Committee report linked

The Department aims to build hospitals in the programme to a new, standardised hospital design called Hospital 2.0. It expects the new hospitals to be more efficient to operate, digitally-enabled and to provide each patient with their own single bedroom. The Hospital 2.0 design was originally due to be completed in December 2023 which proved unachievable.30 We asked the Department whether it was still on track to complete the Hospital 2.0 design by spring 2026 as reported by the NAO. It said ...

The Department aims to build hospitals in the programme to a new, standardised hospital design called Hospital 2.0. It expects the new hospitals to be more efficient to operate, digitally-enabled and to provide each patient with their own single bedroom. …

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2025

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19 Nov 2025 | Committee report linked

The Department of Health and Social Care (the Department) told us that future plans for transformation will involve changing the way that care is delivered, including using digital technology in different ways.44 The Department said that in practice the transformation plans outlined in the 10 Year Plan will involve putting as much as possible in the hands of people who use healthcare services. This could be through the NHS app and other digital technologies so that people who do not need to p...

The Department of Health and Social Care (the Department) told us that future plans for transformation will involve changing the way that care is delivered, including using digital technology in different ways.44 The Department said that in practice the transformation …

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19 Nov 2025 | Committee report linked

NHSE told us that integration and record sharing across the NHS system features heavily within the 10 Year Health Plan, aiming to address a key weakness of the current system. NHSE said that digital transformation in the NHS presents unique challenges, compared to other healthcare systems, as there are no other systems that are as comprehensive as the NHS.47 NHSE told us that a lot of technology is now being made available to the NHS and time will need to be spent determining what the role of...

NHSE told us that integration and record sharing across the NHS system features heavily within the 10 Year Health Plan, aiming to address a key weakness of the current system. NHSE said that digital transformation in the NHS presents unique …

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13 Oct 2025 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Health and Social Care Update

UIN: HCWS955 I would like to inform the House of several updates from the Department of Health and Social Care over the conference recess.National Commission on the Regulation of AI in Healthcare:This Government has established the National Commission into the …

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29 Jan 2025 | Committee report linked

Despite ambitions to improve productivity through the introduction of new technologies, the switch to digital in parts of the NHS has been glacially slow. Digital and technological improvements could have a transformative effect on the NHS. However, NHSE’s investment in technology over the period 2022–23 to 2024–25 stalled because funding was redirected to mitigate ICBs’ spending deficits. For example, a number of NHS trusts continue to rely on outdated IT equipment such as fax machines. The ...

Despite ambitions to improve productivity through the introduction of new technologies, the switch to digital in parts of the NHS has been glacially slow. Digital and technological improvements could have a transformative effect on the NHS. However, NHSE’s investment in …

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29 Jan 2025 | Committee report linked

According to official ONS measures, long-term productivity gains in the NHS averaged 0.6% a year over the period 1996–97 to 2018–19. But productivity subsequently fell, both before and during the pandemic, and has yet to recover fully. In March 2024, the government announced that the NHS would receive £3.4 billion of capital investment for digital improvements between 2025–26 and 2027–28. As part of these plans, NHSE committed to achieving ambitious average productivity improvements of 2.0% p...

According to official ONS measures, long-term productivity gains in the NHS averaged 0.6% a year over the period 1996–97 to 2018–19. But productivity subsequently fell, both before and during the pandemic, and has yet to recover fully. In March 2024, …

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2024

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29 May 2024 | Committee report linked

There are clearly benefits to be found from using automation and technology particularly within hospital medicines management. These benefits could unlock gains in productivity, improve patient safety and free up pharmacist time to work more directly with patients. There are pockets of excellent practice across the NHS, but, outside of formal programmes like the Global Digital Exemplar programme, this is often driven by innovation from key individuals in pharmacy departments and can lack more...

There are clearly benefits to be found from using automation and technology particularly within hospital medicines management. These benefits could unlock gains in productivity, improve patient safety and free up pharmacist time to work more directly with patients. There are …

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29 May 2024 | Committee report linked

We recommend that an independent review is commissioned to explore hospital medicines management, to report within one year. The review should make recommendations, particularly around how the potential of automation and technological systems like connected medication management could be realised and how learning from Global Digital Exemplars can be built upon in Trusts across England. (Paragraph 131) Pharmacy Workforce

We recommend that an independent review is commissioned to explore hospital medicines management, to report within one year. The review should make recommendations, particularly around how the potential of automation and technological systems like connected medication management could be realised …

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4 Apr 2024 | Policy paper Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Department of Health and Social Care linked

Government response to the Regulatory Horizons Council report on neurotechnology

Minister for Science, Research and Innovation and Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care have responded to recommendations made by the Regulatory Horizons Council on the regulation of neurotechnology.

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27 Mar 2024 | Written evidence linked

The Urology Trade Association told us in written evidence that it was concerned that the current focus by NHS procurement on acquisition costs alone is failing to acknowledge the importance of value for money across the whole patient pathway, and that lowest price does not always translate to best value for patients.43 The Medical Technology Group (MTG) argued that the overall value of products is often overlooked by NHS Supply Chain compared to the costs of the initial procurement of the pro...

The Urology Trade Association told us in written evidence that it was concerned that the current focus by NHS procurement on acquisition costs alone is failing to acknowledge the importance of value for money across the whole patient pathway, and …

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11 Mar 2024 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Equity in Medical Devices

UIN: HCWS329 The NHS is committed to upholding high standards in medical device safety. In response to emerging evidence of potential ethnic and other unfair biases in the design and use of some medical devices commonly used in the NHS, …

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11 Mar 2024 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Equity in Medical Devices

UIN: HLWS326 My Rt Hon Friend the Minister of State (Minister for Health and Secondary Care) (Andrew Stephenson) has made the the following Written Statement:The NHS is committed to upholding high standards in medical device safety. In response to emerging …

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2023

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28 Nov 2023 | Written question Department of Health and Social Care linked

First Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Home Office's publication entitled Manchester Arena Inquiry Volume 2: Emergency Response, published in November 2022, what steps she is taking to ensure Public Access Trauma …

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25 Oct 2023 | Committee report linked

The Department told us that when looking internationally, demand for health across OECD countries goes up around 4% a year and improving productivity had to be one of the ways of meeting that demand. Alongside an increase in productivity, increasing the supply of services, improvements to public health in order to reduce demand, and developing new technology would be crucial to improving performance in the NHS.18 NHS England also told us that effective electronic management systems could impr...

The Department told us that when looking internationally, demand for health across OECD countries goes up around 4% a year and improving productivity had to be one of the ways of meeting that demand. Alongside an increase in productivity, increasing …

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30 Jun 2023 | Government response linked

Successive Governments have attempted digital transformation of the NHS. Progress has been slow and uneven, and there is now substantial variation between organisations. This attempt has the potential to be different, with clear intentions and funding to address factors that have frustrated progress in the past. These include the preponderance of “legacy” IT in the NHS, the skills of the workforce, and the challenges of building an inclusive digital health service. The Government will only su...

Successive Governments have attempted digital transformation of the NHS. Progress has been slow and uneven, and there is now substantial variation between organisations. This attempt has the potential to be different, with clear intentions and funding to address factors that …

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30 Jun 2023 | Government response linked

The pandemic provided a unique incentive to download the NHS App, because it hosted the Covid-19 pass. The new version of the App should bring benefits in terms of functionality, integration and personalisation, but it will require people to download it anew. The Department and NHS England announced improvements to the range of services available via the App in May 2023, but they need to ensure that people use them. The Department and NHS England therefore need to demonstrate the continued va...

The pandemic provided a unique incentive to download the NHS App, because it hosted the Covid-19 pass. The new version of the App should bring benefits in terms of functionality, integration and personalisation, but it will require people to download …

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30 Jun 2023 | Government response linked

Without staff engagement in the entire process of introducing digital initiatives, digital transformation risks being perceived as an unwelcome, time-consuming imposition on an already over-stretched workforce. Co-designing digital initiatives with staff—including, but not limited to clinicians—is essential to ensure that these offer workable improvements to existing practices. The Department and NHS England must ensure that staff have the time and headspace to engage with this process.

Without staff engagement in the entire process of introducing digital initiatives, digital transformation risks being perceived as an unwelcome, time-consuming imposition on an already over-stretched workforce. Co-designing digital initiatives with staff—including, but not limited to clinicians—is e

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30 Jun 2023 | Committee report linked

Digital transformation can offer people more choice and control over their healthcare, and empower them to manage their health, and apps offer an accessible starting point for many. But whether peoples’ experiences with digital healthcare are positive depends in large part on whether they use an appropriate product. The Department and NHS England lack a systematic, consistent way of assessing and demonstrating whether a third-party health app reaches the necessary quality standards, and we he...

Digital transformation can offer people more choice and control over their healthcare, and empower them to manage their health, and apps offer an accessible starting point for many. But whether peoples’ experiences with digital healthcare are positive depends in large …

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22 Mar 2023 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Cyber Security Strategy

UIN: HLWS649 I am pleased to announce the publication of the Cyber Security Strategy for Health and Adult Social Care to 2030. The strategy sets out a vision to 2030 for a health and social care sector that is resilient …

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2022

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8 Jul 2022 | Committee report linked

The FCDO’s forthcoming International Technology Strategy should set out clear objectives and targeted actions for achieving them, to be used as a blueprint or framework that diplomats can easily use to guide their decisions and activities at Post level and to ensure a coherent approach across the FCDO’s global network. (Paragraph 47) 32 Encoding values: Putting tech at the heart of UK foreign policy

The FCDO’s forthcoming International Technology Strategy should set out clear objectives and targeted actions for achieving them, to be used as a blueprint or framework that diplomats can easily use to guide their decisions and activities at Post level and …

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29 Jun 2022 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Health and Social Care Update

UIN: HLWS155 My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Sajid Javid) has made the following written statement:I would like to inform the House that A Plan for Digital Health and Social Care has been …

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27 Jun 2022 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Medical Devices Update

UIN: HCWS142 Leaving the European Union has provided a unique opportunity for the United Kingdom to improve the medical device regulatory regime and exercise our new powers as a sovereign regulator, creating a world-leading regime that prioritises patient safety while...

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27 Jun 2022 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Medical Devices Update

UIN: HLWS138 My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Sajid Javid) has made the following written statement: Leaving the European Union has provided a unique opportunity for the United Kingdom to improve the medical …

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6 Jan 2022 | Committee report linked

There is enormous potential for technology to support a transformation in NHS care that will bring benefits for patients and staff alike. However, this potential will not be realised while many providers still struggle with basic IT infrastructure. The Wade-Gery report calls for a roadmap for the delivery of its recommendations.

There is enormous potential for technology to support a transformation in NHS care that will bring benefits for patients and staff alike. However, this potential will not be realised while many providers still struggle with basic IT infrastructure. The Wade-Gery …

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2021

5 events
23 Nov 2021 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care Context · primary home: NHS policy linked

NHS Update

UIN: HCWS414 Yesterday we announced to the House of Commons our intention to centralise NHS workforce and technology to prioritise better care for patients. Health Education England?(HEE), NHS Digital?(NHSD)?and NHSX will become part of NHS England and Improvement?(NH...

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7 Jul 2021 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Life Sciences Vision

UIN: HCWS156 My noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation) (Lord Bethell), has made the following written statement:In ‘Build Back Better: our plan for growth’, the Government committed to publishing a series of Sector Visions t...

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7 Jul 2021 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Life Sciences Vision

UIN: HLWS151 In ‘Build Back Better: our plan for growth’, the Government committed to publishing a series of Sector Visions that back the sectors and technologies that will shape the UK’s future. I am delighted to announce the publication of …

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22 Jun 2021 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Publication of the draft Health and Care Data Strategy

UIN: HLWS106 My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Matt Hancock) has today made the following written ministerial statement:I would like to inform the House that the draft strategy ‘Data Saves Lives: Reshaping health …

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2020

3 events
8 Oct 2020 | Committee report linked

The issues surrounding Huawei’s removal and the UK’s consolidated vendor ecosystem illustrate the need for a coherent long-term strategy for the UK’s technical and technological ambitions. It is not clear to us that the Government has a cohesive strategy in this area. The Government should learn lessons from debates around Huawei and seek to formulate a long-term plan for tech in the UK, this should include, for example, the Government’s plan relating to OneWeb and the UK’s removal from the G...

The issues surrounding Huawei’s removal and the UK’s consolidated vendor ecosystem illustrate the need for a coherent long-term strategy for the UK’s technical and technological ambitions. It is not clear to us that the Government has a cohesive strategy in …

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1 Oct 2020 | Committee report linked

We welcome the support of the Secretary of State and the Chief Executive of NHSE/I for technological innovation in the NHS. The use of technology and digital alternatives (“telemedicine”), although it has had a mixed response from some patients and medical practitioners, shows that the NHS is innovating. We also welcome the wider deployment of technology which has helped to improve productivity across the healthcare system. Although the use of technology has been much-needed and largely worke...

We welcome the support of the Secretary of State and the Chief Executive of NHSE/I for technological innovation in the NHS. The use of technology and digital alternatives (“telemedicine”), although it has had a mixed response from some patients and …

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1 Oct 2020 | Committee report linked

We recommend that NHSE/I and the Department for Health & Social Care set out their assessment of how effective the use of technology and digital alternatives (“telemedicine”) has been across all health and care services. As part of this assessment, we ask that both NHSE/I and the Department to clearly set out how they plan to ensure patients’ wellbeing is not jeopardised by the risk of being digitally excluded from accessing medical treatment and advice. We also ask that NHSE/I and the Depart...

We recommend that NHSE/I and the Department for Health & Social Care set out their assessment of how effective the use of technology and digital alternatives (“telemedicine”) has been across all health and care services. As part of this assessment, …

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2018

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2017

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