The MedTech Trends to Watch in 2023

Bernard Ross, CEO of Sky Medical Technology, highlights what he expects from the world of medtech and healthcare going into 2023. The global epidemic put the NHS under unprecedented stress at a time when it was already working tirelessly to address the chronic problems brought on by an ageing population. At the height of the pandemic, doctors and nurses were redistributed around the system, diminishing capacity elsewhere, in order to handle the grave threat to people's lives. While lockdowns were in effect, outpatient clinics were closed and remote diagnostics were increased. We are currently dealing with the effects. People all around the country are coping with long-term physical and mental health concerns, the NHS is dealing with a growing backlog of elective surgery that has reached a record level, and the closing of outpatient clinics meant that new clinical studies were halted or postponed.