The Government has launched Labour’s ten-year plan for the NHS setting out plans for a ‘Neighbourhood Health Service’ that will ‘rewire and futureproof’ the NHS.
The plan aims to shift care from hospitals to communities by creating a new Neighbourhood Health Service.
The plan, says the Government will ensure the best of the NHS is available to all by delivering three key shifts — hospital to community, analogue to digital, and treatment to prevention
The government have said they will work with Mayors on a total place basis in the ten year health plan and will begin with Greater Manchester where they say there is the most advanced thinking
The NHS stands at a critical juncture. With public satisfaction at just 21% – down from 70% in 2010, mounting pressures from an ageing population and tough financial constraints, the need for fundamental reform has never been more urgent says the Government.
There will be more care closer to home, with Neighbourhood Health Services and co-located centres open 12 hours a day, 6 days a week.
Two-thirds of outpatient appointments,currently costing £14bn, will shift to digital alternatives, while 95% of complex patients will have universal care plans by 2027.
A Single Patient Record accessible through the NHS App by 2028 will become the “front door” to the NHS, supporting AI-powered diagnostics, medicine management, and care planning.
New AI tools being tested on the Federated Data Platform, which connects information across healthcare settings and links siloed sources, which can reduce the time spent on paperwork by 51.7% and allow each doctor to treat 13.4% more patients during a shift.
Meanwhile the plan aims to create a smoke-free generation, tackle obesity, reduce alcohol harm, and eliminate cervical cancer by 2040 while increasing access and uptake of screening services via the Neighbourhood Health Service and scaling genomic and predictive analytics to support prevention.
