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

The government has implemented a number of
measures to reduce the variation in the uptake of new
innovations
Reduction of variation and
strengthening of Compliance
Compliance regime
The government wants to establish a
compliance regime to ensure rapid and
consistent implementation of NICE
appraisals and guidelines throughout
the NHS.
The precise nature of this regime is still
being discussed and will certainly
evolve over time.
As a first step PCT’s and Clinical
Commissioning Groups are obliged
from 2013 onwards to publish (online)
information on how they are
incorporating new guidelines.
NICE Implementation Collaborative
(NIC)
This new body is supposed to unite
stakeholders from the NHS
Commissioning Board, NICE, the Chief
Pharmaceutical Officer, the Royal
Colleges, NHS Confederation and the
main industry bodies.
The purpose of NIC is to identify issues
or areas where support is needed to
ensure implementation of NICE
guidelines.
Requirement of implementation
The government also plans to oblige local
decision makers to automatically
incorporate NICE guidelines.
According to this plan, local formularies
would be obliged to incorporate new
guidelines within 90 days.
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