Evaluation of institutional readiness at sites within the UK NHS using a novel advanced therapy medicinal product assessment tool.

This paper reports on a study to assess institutional readiness (IR) of UK National Health Service sites that form part of the Northern Alliance Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre to deliver advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs). The paper discusses the development of an assessment tool to support self-assessment of IR in healthcare institutions. The tool utilized criteria developed by clinicians to self-assess IR to deliver four classes of ATMP over a series of time points.