healthcare.digital November 16, 2025
Strategic Overview: The UK HealthTech Ecosystem and the Pathway Imperative
1.1 Defining the ‘Board to Ward’ Continuum: Phases and Core Stakeholders
The trajectory of health technology, encompassing MedTech, diagnostics and digital health tools, from conceptualisation to routine clinical utilisation in the UK is defined by a multi-stage pathway involving distinct regulatory, value assessment and commissioning checkpoints.
This journey is broken down into five interwoven phases: Idea Creation, Development, Evidence Generation, Commissioning and Adoption and Regulation.
Successful market access is contingent upon satisfying the mandates of three core UK institutions, each functioning as a critical gateway. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) serves as the single regulator, responsible for ensuring product safety, quality and performance through the UK regulatory...
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