ndia’s healthcare market is estimated to grow to $280 billion
(US) by 2020 (CII-KPMG ‘The Indian services sector: Poised for
global ascendancy’ Report 2016). It’s a country with a diverse
and geographically spread population, with a real need for
excellent in clinical care of lifestyle diseases.
With its recent commitment to developing 100 smart cities across
the country, demand for innovative healthcare solutions in the
Indian healthcare system has never been higher. Indian healthcare
leaders are looking for solutions that will drive further
efficiencies in costs, increase patient access in remote areas,
and provide more personalised healthcare solutions.
India looks to the UK for innovative care solutions
The UK is well placed to meet this demand. The UK’s National
Health Service (NHS)
continues to be ranked by the US-based Commonwealth Fund as the
leading health system in the world. To remain at the top of the
rankings, the NHS and UK healthcare
sector are focusing their expertise towards continuous
development of innovative healthcare practices.
Healthcare utopia is a future with no waiting time for patients,
sophisticated surgical robots in operating rooms, radiology
images in the cloud, consulting in real time and flexible touch
screens capturing important health data. A future of disruptive
technologies; artificial intelligence, wearable sensors, virtual
reality and artificial intelligence.
India Innovation Mission: February 2018
Healthcare UK is bringing representatives of the UK healthcare
system to India to learn how India is:
- approaching the challenges of scale and resource
- sharing their expertise
- discussing with Indian healthcare colleagues what can be
achieved through working with the latest smart systems and
devices
These representatives are from leading NHS hospitals and
pioneering British companies whose innovative solutions are
delivering results across health and care economies in the UK and
around the world.
If you are an innovative healthcare system provider looking to
develop operations overseas please contact us at healthcare.uk@trade.gov.uk to
discuss how we can help you.
Healthcare UK is a joint initiative of the Department of Health
and Social Care, NHS England and the
Department for International Trade. Find out more about what we
do here.
