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Innovation in the NHS (UK): overcoming key challenges
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Innovation in the NHS (UK): overcoming key challenges
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Language: EN.
Segment:1 Introduction.
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RICHARD COOPER: So my name's Richard Cooper. I work for the Knowledge Transfer Network. We're essentially funded by Innovate UK and our role, like Knowledge Transfer Network says, is to introduce companies to companies, companies to academics, really to try and promote innovation across the UK. We cover all sectors and my particular role is I am the lead for the additive manufacturing special interest group and as part of that, my role is to go around the UK, and try and promote the uptake of additive manufacturing, and also try and go over specific sectors at the same time.
Segment:2 Medical 3D printing within the Knowledge Transfer Network.
RICHARD COOPER: So the Knowledge Transfer Network we're funded by the government and our role is to really to grow the UK economy. One of the key technologies that the government sees is additive manufacturing. So what we do, we will push particular technologies forward. Additive manufacturing is one of those, and therefore, we've had a bit of a boost. We've been working with Paul Unwin, who was lead seat on the national strategy. And we've been working with the national strategies to really try and promote the use, and uptake, of additive manufacturing. Right across the UK and the sectors. And we see that medical is one of the key sectors that could really benefit from additive manufacturing. And as we've heard, in the last day or two, it's almost now business as usual for some of the companies in this sector. I think Paul referred to yesterday (2 October 2019) like almost a million hip implants have been additive manufactured, coming out of Ireland. So we see the medical sector as really one of the key uptakers of additive manufacturing.
Segment:3 Challenges introducing innovative technologies into the NHS.
RICHARD COOPER: So the challenges facing people who were trying to innovate into the NHS, is probably the fragmentation in the NHS. So when we run a series of workshops, which have covered different sectors, one of those were around the medical. And whereas, when you have an aerospace event you're talking to Boeing, and you talking to Airbus, and perhaps Rolls Royce, so there are two, or three, really big companies. And once they're on board with the innovation you've got in additive, then you've got a good foothold in the market. The NHS, people tell us, is actually quite difficult. Because you might go into one hospital, or one foundation, and then you've got to really start over again to go to another. So I think it's just the way the NHS works on the bigger picture. That's really the challenge for actually getting your innovation in there across the whole sector.
Segment:4 Advice for innovating within the NHS.
RICHARD COOPER: So my advice to anybody who was going to innovate in the NHS is this conference (3DMedLIVE) is really good, actually, because you've managed to get clinicians here, as well as the academics, as well as the companies, and the regulatory bodies. I guess my advice, firstly, would be to come here and connect with the clinicians, et cetera. Because at the of the day, you need buy-in from the people who are actually going to adopt it. Yesterday and today have really been about actually trying to get that adopted right across right across the NHS. And actually getting the buy-in of people who are going to use it. And it was it was interesting, I heard a comment yesterday that some of the people are talking to the NHS. And some clinicians are not even aware of what additive manufacturing is - or 3D printing - not even heard of the technology. So therefore, you've got start somewhere. So find your local trust. Try and get in with them. And from that, then try and expand from there. But, I have to say, of all the sectors to try and innovate in it's one of the most difficult ones.
Segment:5 Medical 3D printing in the medical sector in 5–10 years' time.
RICHARD COOPER: I think in 5–10 years' time - it's already sort of really embedded in the NHS, and the medical sector. So we see good examples of cranial implants, of bones, of artificial hip joints, all additively manufactured. So it's getting a really good grounding in the medical sector. I think as we move forward, if you listen to some of the really good, forward-thinking academics, you can look at the soft 3D printing, the soft tissue manufacturing, the scaffolding. So I think in 10 years' time, hopefully, that will really move forward. And therefore, we'll be looking more at soft tissue 3D printing, and ultimately moving towards replacing, now it's just joints, and bones, actually moving into organs and things like that.