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NHS Long Term Plan

As medicine advances, health needs change and society develops, the NHS has to continually move forward so that in 10 years’ time we have a service fit for the future.

The NHS Long Term Plan will do that by giving everyone the best start in life; helping people live well with long term conditions, such as cancer and dementia; and helping people age well.

Our Long Term Plan, backed by extra investment, has been drawn up by those who know the NHS best – frontline health and care staff, patients and their families, and other experts – who will continue to shape how it is implemented across the country.

Read the NHS Long Term Plan.

News and blogs

Cold weather alert: Level 3 – cold weather action

Issued at 8.41am on Monday 21 January 2019 There is a 90 per cent probability of severe cold weather, icy conditions and mostly hill snow between 9.00am on Monday 21 January and 9.00am on Friday 25 January in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery […]

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Primary care

GPs and practice teams provide vital services for patients. They are at the heart of our communities, the foundation of the NHS.

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Cancer

Cancer outcomes have improved notably over recent years, including survival rates, which have never been higher.

Father and son

Mental health

One in four adults and one in 10 children experience mental illness, and many more of us know and care for people who do.