Another landmark for HealthTech Ireland as we publish our inaugural pre-budget submission. We are focusing on our memberโ€™s contributions to supporting an evolving landscape to deliver a sustainable healthcare system. The submission includes requirements for next steps to firstly scale innovation at a system level, and secondly to fund an Office of Life Sciences with an accompanying strategy, as demonstrated successfully in other jurisdictions.

This submission, prepared by the executive with the support of our Board, HealthTech Connect and Digital Health Working Group leads, builds on the work carried out by HealthTech Connect regarding positive government engagement for members. It is also an extension of our session to Members of the Oireachtas, kindly supported by Deputy Cormac Devlin TD, on โ€œ๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐“๐ž๐œ๐กโ€™๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€. This was followed by Molly Carroll, a familiar face from our team and a passionate Patient Advocate sharing her inspiring story and her encouragement at national developments in supporting patients through technology implementation.

The full document can be viewed here:Pre-budget submission Bid