NHS leaders see prevention and community care in action

NHS leaders saw prevention and community care in action during a visit to help shape the future of the health service.

(c) NHS England

(c) NHS England

NHS England's primary care medical director, Dr Claire Fuller, visited Tiny Teeth at the Life Bank Nursery at Kensington Children's Centre with chief nursing officer for England Duncan Burton and Dr Paula Cowan, medical director for primary care in the North West.

Dr Fuller said: ‘It was brilliant to see the simplicity of the innovative service in Liverpool to provide preventative healthcare. Ultimately, this is how we will redirect and revolutionise services, helping people focus on preventative care, in their own community. Schemes like Tiny Teeth will reduce the burden on the NHS so that it can provide care to people with urgent needs more efficiently, whilst at the same time improving the lives of the young people that will lead us into tomorrow.'

Leaders also visited Kensington Pharmacy to hear how community pharmacies are bringing NHS services closer to where people live, from providing prescribed medicines for a range of common health conditions and prescribing contraception directly rather than via GP, to blood pressure checks to identify people with hypertension early and help prevent cardiovascular disease.

More than 80 NHS staff, including GPs, nurses, optometrists, consultants, porters, pharmacists took part in the 10-Year Health Plan event in Liverpool to share their solutions about the challenges the NHS currently faces and their ideas for change that will benefit patients and staff.

Part of the biggest listening event in NHS history, it follows seven nationwide public debates and a series of online staff events that took place last year.

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