NHS operational planning and contracting guidance

2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance

The 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance reconfirms the ongoing need to recover our core services and improve productivity, making progress in delivering the key NHS Long Term Plan ambitions and continuing to transform the NHS for the future.

2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance
Elective recovery fund technical guidance
Revenue finance and contracting guidance for 2023/24
NHS financial framework: Integrated care board and system finance business rules
Capital guidance for 2023-24

Guidance on developing the joint forward plan

The guidance on developing the joint forward plan supports integrated care boards, their partner NHS trusts and foundation trusts to develop their first five-year joint forward plans with system partners.

Guidance on developing the joint forward plan

Other useful links

Previous planning guidance can be found on the following page: NHS England » Previous planning guidance