Health Technology Board, Scotland
Adding quality to healthcare
The Health Technology Board Scotland (HTBS)
While we are providing valuable feedback to various healthcare sectors both private and public, our expertese in this area helps to make better changes within the healthcare industry as a whole. We aim to save money and increase efficiency for health technology in particular.
Keeping yourself healthy is the key to living a long life. After all, if we do not have our health, what do we have? This is why the Health Technology Board in Scotland is dedicated to furthering research into making people healthier.
Officially sanctioned by the government through special legislation, the Health Technology Board is a sign that the future for health in Scotland is looking brighter. Learn more about what the board intends to do below.
Aims of the board
The Health Technology Board is involved in several key issues affecting the physical and mental health of people in Scotland. These all connect with the health technology aspects of NHS Scotland. The aims include:
- To promote healthy living in Scotland through contact with the NHS: The board wants people in Scotland to lead healthy and productive lives by seeing their doctors and dentists regularly. It's clear that many people cannot afford private health care which is why the board wants to encourage people of all ages and social backgrounds to visit NHS affiliated physicians whenever they can.
- Promote affordable health technologies in Scotland: The board is committed to finding new yet affordable ways of maintaining physical health in Scotland. The board is always looking for innovative technologies that give the maximum clinically without stretching hospital budgets.
- Provide special support: The board was actually created by the government as a means of regulating health technology issues in Scotland. Whether patients live in Aberdeen or Inverness, the Health Technology Board has all their interests at heart.
- Focus on drugs: The board is also dedicated to understanding the clinical use of drugs within the NHS Scotland's framework and their impact on patients in Scotland.
- Encouraging financial support: The board also wants to encourage financial support for emerging health technologies within Scotland that will facilitate NHS Scotland's work.
- Teamwork: The board also aims to work in conjunction with other bodies in order to continue promoting cost-effective health technology measures for the health of people in Scotland.
Why health technologies are the future
Health technology remains the centre of what the board is passionate about. Whether it is finding out the latest research about health technology from across the world or giving NHS Scotland advice on what types of health technology would suit Scotland, the board remains committed to ensuring that Scotland is at the cutting edge of health technology for its patients.