Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on increasing NHS uptake of innovations prioritised by the Accelerated Access Collaborative; and if he will make a statement.

In October 2018, the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) announced it had selected the first set of 12 products to receive rapid uptake support. Selected across seven technology areas, these innovations have the potential to benefit 500,000 patients and to achieve National Health Service savings of up to £30 million.

Over the last few months, the AAC has made good progress on developing plans to tackle the barriers to the uptake of these products in the National Health Service. The AAC has worked with clinicians, innovators, the Royal Colleges and health system delivery partners to develop bespoke support packages for each product.

Increased uptake will be supported by up to £2 million through the Pathway Transformation Fund, which will be directed at the barriers to use in the NHS. The Academic Health Science Networks will be a key national delivery partner, helping us to maximise appropriate use of the AAC products.

The AAC will meet next week to discuss progress with the support packages and delivery plans.