Building an integrated, rules-based medtech pathway

Overview

NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence have published a consultation document which sets out proposals for moving towards a more rules-based, integrated, and predictable pathway for the evaluation, funding, and commissioning of medtech in the NHS.

Why your views matter

NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence welcome your comments on the proposals and are are eager to hear from industry stakeholders, patient groups, carers, NHS trusts and integrated care boards, as well as the wider public, to inform the proposals in the development of the proposed pathway.

Your responses will be public documents and all, or any part, of a response may be publicly available. If you wish to refer to confidential information in your response, please provide it in a separate document, clearly mark each page ‘confidential’ and send to england.medtechpathwayqueries@nhs.net   

What happens next

NHS England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, and the Department for Health and Social Care will consider all relevant feedback. We are expecting many responses, and we will publish our feedback as a report on the NHS England website, capturing all material issues raised and sharing the insights and our learnings from responses.