THE WESTMINSTER HEARINGSON

CHINA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & THE UK

- The Healthcare Partnership

Partnerships

Healthcare around the world

For the future

• NHS Modernisation Programme

World class clinical practice attracts real interest from countries around the world

• NHS outstanding progress in improving the quality of services

Clinical care, access, choice and environment

• British healthcare industry has played a vital role in developing new technology

• China increasingly integrated into global economy following WTO accession

• Major impact on business everywhere

• China Task Force - Chair Deputy Prime Minister

• Healthcare – one of five key sectors

• Joint DH\UKTI China Delivery Group

Membership

Chair Rt Hon John Prescott

Members President China Britain Business Council CEO Standard Chartered Bank

CEO Rolls Royce President BP China and Chairman of Chamber of Commerce, China Vice Chancellor Nottingham University Rector Imperial College Chief Executive UKT&I PM’S Economic Advisor FCO Health Prof KK Cheng – Director of Public Health – Birmingham

PCT and University of Birmingham

CHINA TASK FORCE – Science and Technology

Trade & Investment Education Health Sustainable

Development Environment

DH/UKT&I China Delivery Group

Chair DoH - Stuart Smalley

Membership UKT&I - Health Sector Group

- China Desk

China/Britain Business Council

ABHI

RCGP

RC Psyc

RCP

BCCB

British Council

Universities UK – VC

Intellect

IFSL

British Healthcare

Medilink

(Imperial, KPMG, Cyril Sweett)

UK eHealth Association

Aims

To promote the partnership between China and the UK generally

To promote trade particularly in the field of healthcare products and services.

Objectives

To develop a country healthcare strategy supported by operational plans to

secure delivery

Within the framework of the two Memoranda of Understanding, ensure

proposals are submitted to enhance commercial opportunities particularly in

- PPP

- Education, Finance – Shanghai International Medical

Zone

- GP training

Medical Education – inc Management

Development of Primary Care

EHealth and Telemedicine

To develop a model of partnership working on a bilateral basis with Chinese partners to

secure ownership and commitment within specialist areas.

New Trade UK China Working Group –

Membership – UKTI/DH - Representatives from Industry Medical Devices Pharmaceuticals - Trade Associations - CBBC - Universities

To addressIPR/CopyrightRegulatory ApprovalProduct registrationClinical trials

Department of Health (in conjunction with UKTI)

• Scoping mission to China- recommended China as a priority market

• Healthcare Industries Task Force- included China as one of top five global markets

• DH International has hosted 40 inward missions to NHS

• Series of PPP presentations in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Hong Kong

• UK workshop for delegates from Shanghai. Hosted by DHI/IFSL and Clifford Chance

• DH Ministerial visit to China (June 2004)

• Memorandum of Understanding- Ministry of Health- Shanghai Peoples Government

MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING

Shanghai Peoples Government

• PFI - Guangming Hospital• GP training programmes• Continuing Medical Education / Professional Development• Traditional Chinese Medicine• Supporting the Shanghai International Medical Zone

Ministry of Health

• Infectious Diseases• Health inequalities • Primary Care development• Nutrition• Healthcare financing

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES - OPPORTUNITIES

CHINESE MEDICAL MARKET• MEDICAL TREATMENT - $100 bn pa + 20% pa• MEDICAL EQUIPMENT/DEVICES $50 bn pa + 15%

TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGHS ($1 billion + 26% pa)• UPDATING CURRENT EQUIPMENT• JOINT VENTURES – Hi tech businesses

CHANGES IN HEALTHCARE• INCREASING DEMAND WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH 9.1%• SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES - CHALLENGES

• BARRIERS TO ENTER CHINESE MARKET- REGULATIONS AND POLICIES- ADMINISTRATIVE/GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES

• COMPETITION FROM GLOBAL AND CHINESE GIANT PLAYERS

• IPR PROTECTION IN RESEARCH AND BUSINESS COLLABORATION

OPPORTUNITIES

• PFI/PPP’S

• HEALTH REFORMS

• MANAGEMENT TRAINING & EDUCATION

• MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY

OPPORTUNITIES

• MEDICAL DEVICES

• CLINICAL TRAINING

• TELEMEDICINE

UK/China Healthcare Dialogue – A Proposal

AIM• To create the conditions and high level contact

necessary for sustaining a co-ordinated and long term strategic partnership with China on healthcare.

OBJECTIVES• Establish a pattern of annual bilateral meetings to review

existing programmes of work and table new proposals.• Facilitate the exchange of information about China/UK

needs and priorities on healthcare.• Assist UK and Chinese healthcare companies to develop

stronger, mutually beneficial positions in each others countries.

Early focus on following themes

I) Developing community – based healthcare, across a spectrum of priority topics including primary care management, GP training and smoking cessation projects.

II) Healthcare emergency response systems.

IV) Combating infectious diseases, especially pandemic threats.

Opportunities

– to feed into annual ministerial level Dialogue on health matters

CONCLUSIONS

• RICH AND FERTILE GROUND FOR MOUNTING TRADE INITIATIVES

• REAL INTEREST IN UK

• “BITE SIZED CHUNKS”