NHS Long Term Plan

As medicine advances, health needs change and society develops, so 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 just that. Drawn up by those who know the NHS best – frontline health and care staff, patients and their families and other experts – the Long Term Plan is ambitious but realistic. It will give everyone the best start in life; deliver world-class care for major health problems, such as cancer and heart disease, and help people age well.

To read our plan please visit www.longtermplan.nhs.uk.

Helping develop the plan

We've asked for the views of the public, front-line NHS staff and healthcare organisations to help develop the plan.

What happens next?

Get more details on the NHS Long Term Plan and the engagement that will carry on afterwards.

News and blogs

NHS on-the-spot liver scans find one in 10 people have liver damage that could lead to deadly cancer

A new initiative to check for liver cancer in high-risk communities has been rolled out as part of a major NHS drive to catch more cancers earlier and save lives. The roaming trucks performed more than 7,000 fibroscans and identified over 830 people with cirrhosis or advanced fibrosis, a leading cause of liver cancer, in […]

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