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My Planned Care gives you advice and support while you wait and helps you to prepare for your hospital consultation, treatment, or surgery.

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NHS Long Term Workforce Plan

The first comprehensive workforce plan for the NHS, putting staffing on a sustainable footing and improving patient care. It focuses on retaining existing talent and making the best use of new technology alongside the biggest recruitment drive in health service history.

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Primary care access plan

Our primary care plan sets out ambitions for general practices and primary care networks that will improve access to care and tackle the “8am rush”.

NHS Long Term Plan

Find out about the NHS Long Term Plan and what it means for patients and the public.

Elective recovery

Taking the opportunity to capitalise on current success and embed new ideas.

Workforce

Making the NHS an employer of excellence by investing in our people.

Mental health

Improving outcomes and experiences of people with mental health problems.

Integrated care

Giving people the support they need and removing disjointed care.

Primary care

Offering patients a wider choice of personalised health services.

Cancer

Making sure everyone with cancer receives care, support and treatment.

NHS Impact

The new, single, shared NHS improvement approach.

NHS @home

Providing better connected, more personalised care in homes and care homes.

News and blogs

NHS facing extreme strike disruption amid three consecutive ‘Christmas days’

The NHS and patients are facing further disruption this week as three more days of historic joint walkouts by junior doctors and consultants are set to bring routine care services to a “near standstill”. Thousands more appointments are expected to be rescheduled this week, just days after the total number of postponements since strikes began […]