Innovation in European healthcare – what can Sweden learn? - LIF

“Innovation” has central place in policy-making
• Constant production of reports and reviews by the government, parliament,
think thanks as well as the NHS.
• The issue of innovation in healthcare is also widely been followed by the
media in the UK (e.g. special series/issues in The Guardian or the BBC).
• England/UK generally is known for an open business culture and there is a
comparatively high level of interaction between stakeholders at different levels.
• The issue is a stated priority of the current government.
• The aim of increasing the innovation-capacity thereby interlinks with the plans to
reform the NHS as well as to boost the life-sciences sector in the UK.
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