Non-ABHI Publications
Healthcare Industries Taskforce (HITF)
HITF came about because of the healthcare industries’ wish to develop a strategic dialogue with Government. Launched in October 2003, it was a joint year-long initiative which addressed a number of issues of common interest and developed solutions or improvements that would bring benefits for patients, the NHS, the national economy and industry. It focused on market access, R&D and the industrial base, regulatory issues and international trade. The emerging theme was how to stimulate innovation in the NHS and industry and how to increase adoption of new useful medical technologies.
The Task Force published its report Better health through partnership: a programme for action in November 2004.
The HITF Strategic Implementation Group published its report Innovation for Health: Making a Difference in March 2007.
Background to HITF, the HITF report and the SIG report can be found at the DH website on www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/hitf
The Cooksey Review
The Cooksey Review, which was published and endorsed by Gordon Brown in his Pre-Budget Speech in December 2006, proposed a significant change in the way the UK deals with R&D and innovation and the delivery of healthcare. The Review is significant in that it recommends a long-term strategic approach to the way R&D and innovation are translated into healthcare delivery and the more explicit involvement of industry in achieving this.
Read A Review of UK Health Research Funding by Sir David Cooksey and the ABHI evidence to the Cooksey Review
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee published its Third Report of Session 2006-07 on The Cooksey Review in March 2007.
Reverse eAuctions and NHS Procurement
A 2006 study by the University of Oxford's Regualtory Policy Institute into the efficacy of reverse eAuctions found that Department of Health claims about the savings that they can deliver are greatly exaggerated. View report