Government Issues Rallying Cry to the Nation to Help Fix NHS
Department of Health and Social Care, 21 October 2024
The biggest national conversation about the future of the NHS since its birth has been launched on 21 October 2024, as the entire country is called upon to share their experiences of health service and help shape the government’s 10 Year Health Plan.
Members of the public, as well as NHS staff and experts, will be invited to share their experiences, views and ideas for fixing the NHS via the Change NHS online platform, which will be live until the start of next year, and available via the NHS App.
The public engagement exercise will help shape the government’s 10 Year Health Plan which will be published in spring 2025 and will be underlined by 3 big shifts in healthcare:
- hospital to community
- analogue to digital
- sickness to prevention
As part of the first shift ‘from hospital to community’, the government wants to deliver plans for new neighbourhood health centres, which will be closer to homes and communities. Patients will be able to see family doctors, district nurses, care workers, physiotherapists, health visitors or mental health specialists, all under the same roof.