Question follow-through · 123838
NHS: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure that legislation, funding and incentives actively enable HealthTech adoption at scale across the health system.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 14 Apr 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure that legislation, funding and incentives actively enable HealthTech adoption at scale across the health system.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department, alongside NHS England, is working to improve the conditions for the adoption and scaling of healthcare technology (HealthTech) across the National Health Service.The Department has developed a National HealthTech Access Programme to provid...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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