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The government's 10 Year Health Plan

A new plan for the NHS

The government’s 10 Year Plan for Health sets out how it intends to transform the NHS and create a health service ‘fit for the future’.

The plan centres on three ‘shifts’ or changes the government wants to see:

  • Moving care from hospitals to local communities

  • Preventing illness, not just treating it

  • Realising the potential of digital technology

Here you can explore our insight, analysis and commentary on the government’s 10 Year Health Plan, as well as our work related to the three shifts.

The 10 Year Health Plan: our analysis

From hospital to community services

The biggest improvements to health and care will come from prioritising services outside of hospital. That means greater investment in the primary and community services that support people before they end up needing hospital treatment.

From treating sickness to preventing it

We are facing a public health emergency and we cannot treat our way out of it. If we want to reduce demand, improve health outcomes, and create a sustainable future for the NHS, we need a system-wide shift to prevention. But how do you lead that shift when budgets are tight, demand is rising, and the system itself isn’t wired for prevention?

  • Tackling health inequalities: seven priorities for the NHS

    Drawing on The King’s Fund’s five-year programme of work on health inequalities, this long read outlines what we think the anticipated 10-year health plan should focus on to help the NHS...

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    Time for bold action – making the shift to prevention

    Join leaders from across the health and care sector and beyond at our in-person event, where we’ll explore the bold, system-wide action needed to shift the focus from treating illness to...

  • What are health inequalities?

    This explainer provides an overview of how health inequalities are experienced in England’s population.

From analogue to digital

The shift from analogue to digital needs not just better technology and data infrastructure but also evidence on how workforce, service users, suppliers and regulators affect successful implementation.

  • Lost in the system: the need for better admin

    2 out of 3 people say they've had a problem with NHS admin in the past year. We explore the impact these experiences is having on public perceptions of the NHS and what could be done to ...

  • What could the shift from hospital to community mean for research and innovation in the NHS?

    When it comes to research and innovation, the NHS has much to be proud of. But what would it look like to be world-leading in driving R&I across community settings, asks Anna Charles.

  • Adapt to thrive in digital health and care – community of interest

    Explore how to adapt and thrive in the developing digital health and care system by joining our new community of interest, with an online platform and monthly online sessions.

Implementing the 10 Year Health Plan

The case for reform and approach to it

The Darzi review showed that services are stretched to breaking point and that incremental improvement will not do. Radical change is needed.

In-person event

Making the 10 Year Health Plan a reality

Join us at our event in September to explore the choices and actions needed to transform the health service.

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