Publication date: Aug 2009
Number of pages: 112
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Report overview
The National Health Service is constantly challenged to meet changing needs, affected by demographic, social, political and economic factors. Several market trends are driving change and reshaping the UK healthcare industry. An ageing population and associated surge in chronic disease is adding extra pressure on the health system. This will accentuate in the future, as the average age of the UK population continues to rise due to declining birth and mortality rates.
Efficiency targets, driven by the Gershon review and the more recent Operational Efficiency Programme (OEP), are affecting the health industry and its ICT expenditure. Other important industry trends discussed in more detail in this report include offshoring, Web 2.0, patient pathway, increasing Treasury allocations and data sharing.
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in England, for example, is a response to the need for improvement. It is an ambitious and complex initiative, aimed at mitigating the effects of greater demand on NHS services. Outside England, similar action is being taken. Wales, the region of the UK with the lowest income rate and the worst sickness rates, has Informing Healthcare, a major modernisation programme, with differences and similarities to NPfIT. Northern Ireland and Scotland have also established very clear ICT strategies for their public health organisations.
The UK public healthcare ICT market totalled £2,342m in 2007-08 and £2,603m in 2008-09. It is forecast to grow to £3,488m by 2013-14, which represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.9%. Recessionary pressures have prevented the industry from growing.
This growth is driven primarily by software revenues, with a CAGR of 36.3%, primarily the CRS software package, which includes clinical, logistical and managerial applications, ranging from patient administration systems to more complex operations such as asset/contract management and risk assessment.
Most other areas are also experiencing growth, but at a much slower rate.
This report will also help you to understand the current status as well as the future of public healthcare in the UK.
What this report contains
• Review and breakdown of health in the four regions of the UK;
• Annual growth rates for the 23 product and service segments of the public sector;
• Examination of the status of and prospects for each segment;
• Forty detailed tables and charts showing the market by vertical;
• Five-year public sector spend forecasts; and
• Analysis of market trends, vendor selection criteria and opportunity areas.
How the report will benefit you
• You will gain in-depth insight into the status of the UK public health apparatus;
• You will find out the major challenges that the government in facing to implement a truly ICT-enabled health environment in the four regions of the UK;
• You will understand the dynamics of the healthcare industry, and how existing and future suppliers can leverage this;
• You will identify the procurement avenues most commonly used by different health organisations.
Table of contents
1 Executive summary
2 Methodology
3 Market trends
4 Strategic priorities
5 Market structure and funding
6 Procurement
7 Information sources
8 Vendor selection criteria
9 The NHS National Programme for IT
10 Other national initiatives
11 Mobility solutions
12 Opportunity landscape
13 Market sizing and forecast
14 Appendices
