Government launches consultation on 10-Year Health Plan

Members of the public, NHS staff and experts are today being invited to share their ideas for fixing the NHS.

(c) Deniz Fuchidzhiev/Unsplash

(c) Deniz Fuchidzhiev/Unsplash

Members of the public, NHS staff and experts are today being invited to share their ideas for fixing the NHS.

The responses via the new online platform change.nhs.uk will be used to inform the Government's 10 Year Health Plan in spring 2025 that will focus on three big shifts in healthcare - hospital to community, analogue to digital and sickness to prevention.

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting said: ‘Investment alone won't be enough to tackle the problems facing the NHS, why is why it must go hand in hand with fundamental reform.

‘It is vital the Government hears from patients, experts and the NHS workforce to make sure we get this right and preserve the things people value about the health service.'

NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard said: ‘The 10 Year Health Plan is a chance to make the best practice, normal practice across the country. So, we will be carrying out the largest ever staff engagement exercise in NHS history and leaving no stone unturned as we seek to harness frontline views, alongside those of patients and the public, to ensure this happens.'

Deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, Saffron Cordery, said 10-Year Health Plan was ‘a landmark moment for the NHS' adding: ‘Trust leaders are ready and willing to work with the Government to tackle the many challenges the NHS currently faces to create a next generation NHS fit for the future.'

Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said the NHS was at a ‘turning point', adding: ‘The 10-year Plan will set the service on a path towards being put on sustainable footing so that it can best serve our population.'

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said none of the major challenges facing the NHS could be tackled with fixing the crisis in social care, adding: ‘That is why the Liberal Democrats will make sure that social care is part of the debate and push for a cross party solution to this crisis.'

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