New innovation scorecard platform launched

13 Apr 2017 12:08 PM

The improved platform aims to make it easier to see uptake of pharmaceutical products and medical innovations within the NHS.

On 12 April 2017, NHS Digital launched a new web platform for the Innovation Scorecard.

The scorecard reports on the use of medicines and medical technologies in the NHS in England, specifically those which have been positively appraised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) since 2012.

The site now provides greater transparency and is easier to use.

Users can now:

• compare commissioning organisations’ uptake of medicines
• view information without having to download data
• share results more easily and securely
• look at overall levels of prescribing by medicine

The Innovation Scorecard is part of the government’s broader goal of supporting open data and transparency.

The next scorecard is scheduled to be published in July 2017.