NHS England Chief Executive, Simon Stevens, has pointed to the publication of the Five Year Forward View as one of the most significant moments of the past year. He highlights the shared direction of the NHS for the next five years as NHS England publishes its second Annual Report and accounts today. In his introduction to […]

Time to Deliver sets out the journey the NHS is undertaking to deliver the Five Year Forward View. It charts the actions taken to improve patient care up until June 2015, steps taken to support financial sustainability and service transformation in 2015/16, and outlines how the NHS will deliver on the outcomes stated in the Five Year Forward View.

At the NHS Confederation conference on Thursday 4 June 2015, the seven principal national health bodies published Five Year Forward View: Time to Deliver. Time to Deliver is primarily a tool for NHS managers. It looks at the progress made to date towards delivering the Five Year Forward View, and sets out the next steps we […]

NHS England has published its business plan for 2015/16, summarising the headline goals and priorities for the year ahead. The plan sets out ten priorities to improve quality and access to services for patients, drive better value for money and to build the foundations for the future health and care system. The ten priorities are: […]

The Future of Health Conference 2014 is set to continue the debate started by the NHS Five Year Forward View published last month. Patients, healthcare professionals and the public will be given an opportunity to have their say on what the future of health care should look like. There will be a people’s panel, made […]

The NHS Five Year Forward View was published in October 2014 and set out a new shared vision for the future of the NHS based around the new models of care.

Purpose To consider why change is needed, what success might look like, and how we might get there. The Forward View will provide: A clear vision, setting out the particular contribution that the NHS and others can make to the health of our nation, and the transformation required to meet the changing needs of current […]

Greater Manchester and NHS England have today (Friday 27 February) announced groundbreaking plans around the future of health and social care with a signed memorandum agreeing to bring together health and social care budgets – a combined sum of £6bn. This trailblazing move sees NHS England, 12 NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups, 15 NHS providers and […]

GPs and pharmacists have helped cut opioid prescriptions in England by 450,000 in under four years, latest data shows, as the NHS today unveils a new action plan to crack down on the overuse of potentially-addictive medicines. The new framework for local health and care providers aims to further reduce inappropriate prescribing of high-strength painkillers […]