An ‘innovator passport’ shall be launched over the following two years to permit expertise that has been robustly assessed by one NHS organisation to be simply rolled out to others, the Division of Well being and Social Care (DHSC) has introduced.
The transfer is a key a part of the federal government’s NHS 10 yr well being plan, which is anticipated to be printed this week.
In a press launch, printed on 2 July 2025, DHSC stated that the innovator passport can be an ‘one-stop store’ which permits organisations “to affix up with the NHS faster than ever earlier than by way of the elimination of useless paperwork”.
The passport shall be delivered by way of MedTech Compass, a digital platform developed by DHSC to make efficient applied sciences extra seen and extensively out there.
MedTech Compass helps velocity up decision-making in trusts by making the proof underpinning applied sciences clear to NHS patrons, with the intention of permitting expertise to scale sooner and making it simpler for trusts to search out, assess, and undertake confirmed applied sciences.
Wes Streeting, well being secretary, stated: “For too lengthy, Britain’s main scientific minds have been held again by useless admin meaning suppliers are repeatedly requested for a similar knowledge in numerous codecs by completely different trusts – that is unhealthy for the NHS, sufferers and unhealthy for enterprise.
“These innovator passports will save time and scale back duplication, which means our life sciences sector – a central a part of our 10 yr well being plan – can work hand in hand with the well being service and make Britain a powerhouse for medical expertise.
“Pissed off sufferers will not need to face a postcode lottery for lifesaving merchandise to be launched of their space and corporations will be capable of get their expertise used throughout the NHS extra simply, making a well being service match for future beneath the Plan for Change.”
The innovator passport will imply that after a healthcare instrument has been assessed by one NHS organisation, additional NHS organisations won’t be able to insist on repeated assessments, lowering the necessity for native NHS techniques to spend their restricted assets on bureaucratic processes which have already been accomplished elsewhere.
The DHSC stated that the digital system will act as “a dynamic finest purchaser’s information, making it simpler for trusts to check merchandise side-by-side in a single place”.
Dr Vin Diwakar, scientific transformation director at NHS England, stated: “We’re seeing the influence enhancements to expertise are having on our on a regular basis lives on the whole lot from smartwatches to health trackers – and we need to make certain NHS sufferers can profit from the newest medical expertise and improvements as effectively.
“The brand new innovator passports will velocity up the roll-out of recent well being expertise within the NHS which has been confirmed to be efficient, in order that sufferers can profit from new remedies a lot sooner.”
The plan may also kind a part of the commercial technique by way of the upcoming Life Sciences Sector Plan, which DHSC stated is meant to “turbocharge Britain’s life sciences sector”.
