This report sets out our vision for the planning, design and safe delivery of maternity services; how women, babies and families will be able to get the type of care they want; and how staff will be supported to deliver such care.

The NHS Five Year Forward View for Mental Health was published in February 2016 and sets out the start of a ten year journey for the transformation of mental health services.

Recent times have seen the National Health Service experience significant pressure, while making significant progress. Just over a year ago the NHS Five Year Forward View was launched – our vision for the future of the health system. We proposed that to achieve the triple aim of improved population health, quality of care and cost-control, this needed to be […]

The NHS England Board today has decided how the Health Service will spend its budget for the next five years, including the additional £8.4 billion real terms NHS funding growth announced in the government’s Spending Review in November. The health service locally is being given a five year settlement so local health leaders in every part of the […]

Local and national leaders from across the health service are to come together to discuss NHS plans for 2016/2017 and the delivery of the Five Year Forward View. NHS provider chief executives and CCG accountable officers are being invited to join the leaders of national health and care bodies – including Simon Stevens, CEO of […]

This week marks the first anniversary of the launch of the NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV) and progress on its delivery will feature as part of NHS England’s Annual General Meeting tomorrow. Three main planks of the 5YFV involve prevention, new models of care and efficiency. One year on from the publication of the FYFV, 50 Vanguards […]

This week marks the first anniversary of the NHS Five Year Forward View. Prevention is one of the three central themes in the Forward View and today, Kevin Fenton of Public Health England, has set out the progress to date and the next steps in supporting people to lead healthier lives. Read Kevin’s blog on […]

This week marks the first anniversary of the publication of the Five Year Forward View. Published on 23 October 2014 by the organisations that oversee health and care services in England, it set out why change is needed and outlined a clear vision for the future of the NHS. It started the move towards a […]

NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens has today announced the appointment of three frontline NHS leaders to strengthen NHS England’s work on primary care, drive improved cancer services, and lead the commissioning of specialised hospital services. Announcing these appointments in a speech at the Kings Fund, Simon Stevens said: “These exceptionally high calibre new appointments […]