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£7 million to enhance faster access to treatment
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced £7 million in funding for two new programmes to help patients benefit from faster access to treatment.
£7 million in funding has been announced for ‘Test Bed’ projects across England that will help improve patient outcomes and the way NHS staff work, identifying innovative technologies and treatments and speeding up their uptake across the NHS.
The second wave of the Test Beds programme will take place in seven locations across England, with projects including the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver a more accurate and efficient breast cancer screening, a new digital platform to help people to manage diabetes and the combination of three new digital technologies to help reduce A&E admissions for patients with chronic long-term heart failure.
A further £2 million will be available for ‘rapid uptake’ products, including a range of treatments for conditions such as cancer, heart disease and multiple sclerosis.
Hancock said: “The UK is a world leader in medical and health research and we want to make sure patients are the first to benefit from the tech revolution happening across the NHS. Every day, innovative new treatments are demonstrating the power technology has to save lives – and I want to make these opportunities available across the whole NHS. These programmes will fast track innovations from lab bench to patient bedside and help ensure that NHS patients continue to be the first to benefit from the life-changing treatments developed in this country.”
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