2020health Roundtable notes Innovation requires better NHS communication
Highlights of the discussion on Innovation with Earl Howe and George Freeman MP
The NHS has a worldwide reputation for innovation, advances in technology have driven improvements in patient care and there is no shortage of intelligent people with good ideas. Improvements remain to be seen in the communication of ideas and best 'known' practice across the NHS.
Innovation needs to be both invention and adoption of good practice. New technologies and new medicines are critical to face challenges such as rising demand, an ageing society and rising public expectations. Without significant innovtion, costs are subjects to rise faster in the NHS than the rest of society.
