Community health services

Healthcare professional and older patient.

Shifting more care out of hospital and into the community is one of the improvements outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan and will help ensure we meet the changing health needs of the country over the coming decade.

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Neighbourhood health – case studies of good practice

These case studies provide examples of existing good practice that forms the foundations of neighbourhood health. They should be read alongside the Neighbourhood health guidelines 2025/56. Currently, there are no known examples of systems delivering all the initial 6 core components of neighbourhood health (detailed in appendix 1 of the Neighbourhood health guidelines) in a…