On September 22, 2025, the Spanish Ministry of Health launched a prior public consultation on the preliminary bill for the Law on Digital Health, which will regulate the use of big data, digital technologies, and emerging tools in healthcare and research. Among other things, it is expected that the Law will establish conditions for incorporating and financing digital health products such as apps, connected devices, or monitoring systems. Citizens and organizations can submit input via an online form until October 20, 2025.

On September 8, 2025, the FPS Public Health opened the “Reducing Single-Use in Hospitals (ReSUH)” call, inviting accredited general, psychiatric, and university hospitals to implement concrete measures to reduce single-use medical products within a broader sustainability strategy.

On September 23, 2025, the Norwegian Directorate of Health released an updated version of the Norwegian Laboratory Code (NLK) system, along with associated tariffs, for both state and private laboratories. A total of 35 new codes were added in the biochemistry, microbiology, clinical pharmacology, and immunology fields.

The updated German Uniform Evaluation Standard (EBM) catalog came into force on October 1, 2025. The EBM catalog regulates the reimbursement of services in the public outpatient sector in Germany and is updated once a quarter (four times a year). Among other changes, a new code for the “ProHerz” health app was introduced.

In September 2025, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) in England released four Med Tech-related assessments in its HTA Journal, which concerned pulmonology, in-vitro diagnostics, cardiology, and dermatology fields.

The French National Authority for Health (HAS) released new recommendations on the registration of medical devices and medical aids in the List of Reimbursable Products and Services (LPPR) following the September 2025 meetings of the National Commission for the Evaluation of Medical Devices and Health Technologies (CNEDiMTS). Four favourable opinions were issued concerning add-on reimbursement for medical devices in the cardiovascular, peripheral vascular, interventional radiology, and spine fields.

On September 22, 2025, the final version of the document "Changes and innovations in the 2026 LKF model" was published. The main changes include the addition of 32 new procedure codes, the introduction of 19 procedure codes for billing in the day case settings, an update of case flat rates, and adjustments to the calculation of daily and procedural components per case. New procedure codes mainly concern e-health, endoscopy, interventional radiology, orthopedics, and pulmonology fields. No new DRGs were introduced, and two new provisional (NUB) codes were added.

On September 17, 2025, the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV-Spitzenverband) announced that they had reached an agreement in financing negotiations concerning outpatient care.

In September 2025, the Dutch Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) awarded eighteen projects under the first round of the Medical Specialist Care and Research program concerning e-health, endocrinology, gastroenterology, and interventional radiology areas.

As of September 2025, the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services is working on health technology assessments in several areas, including in-vitro diagnostics, e-health, and gynecology procedures.

In August 2025, Health Technology Wales (HTW) accomplished two full appraisals on long-length peripheral intravenous catheters (LPCs) for difficult intravenous access and photo-plethysmography for managing atrial fibrillation. In addition, two Med Tech-related Topic Exploration Reports were published in the radiotherapy and e-health fields.