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Valkky robot with nurses during a telerobotic pilot in Helsinki by National Robotarium tenant company Touchlab (Credit: Forum Virium Helsinki)
The plan has created an unprecedented opportunity to reverse the UK’s healthcare innovation exodus, writes the National Robotarium’s Lisa Farrell
Last November, I highlighted that NHS procurement barriers were driving promising UK healthcare robotics companies’ products overseas instead of being adopted domestically.
The newly published NHS 10 year health plan for England doesn’t just acknowledge this problem, it commits to a fundamental shift needed to reverse what the National…