Engineering better care
A joint project between the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Royal College of Physicians. Exploring how a systems engineering approach could be applied to health and social care.
Air quality
The results of two virtual roundtables exploring transport solutions to reduce air pollution and solutions for the built environment.
Infection resilient environments
A two-phase programme of work on infection resilient environments to understand how to overcome the barriers to infection resilience.
COVID-19
Advice on: role of engineering in a pandemic, risks and opportunities highlighted by the engineering profession, engineering controls that can limit transmission in different environments and implications for research and development.
Safe technologies for health and care
Including work on cybersecurity of medical devices, regulating health apps, and efficacy of medical devices and systems and a sectoral deep dive in the safety and ethics of autonomous systems project.
Through the National Engineering Policy Centre, the Academy also hosts a healthcare policy topic group which provides a consultative forum for emerging policy issues.
News and updates
The National Engineering Policy Centre
The National Engineering Policy Centre brings engineering thinking to the heart of policymaking, creating positive impa…