NHS launches 10-year health plan

“Reform or die”

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The Department of Health and Social Care has released its 10-year health plan for England in response to Lord Darzi’s investigation into the health service.

The plan outlines numerous areas for improvement including patients being unable to get GP or dental appointments; expanding hospital and community waiting lists; demoralised staff; and outcomes on major killers like cancer lagging behind other countries. The plan itself will focus on three key areas, including: Hospital to community Analogue to digital Sickness to prevention Community services have been a focal point for the Government regarding a health shift. In its 10-year health plan, it detailed changes in spending to focus on out-of-hospital care; it also pledged to t...

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