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Key points: - In 2019, the NHS Long Term Plan set out a 10-year strategy for improving and reforming the NHS in England. No part of the plan has been unaffected by COVID-19. - Some long term plan commitments have been accelerated by the COVID-19 response, such as improving access to remote consultations in primary care and outpatients. These changes will need careful monitoring and evaluation. - However, the overall picture is of one of major delay, disruption and increased demands on services. Previous national targets - such as for expanding access to mental health services - will need to be revised to account for greater need. - COVID-19 has exposed and widened existing inequalities in health and care in England. While new partnership structures have been developed to help local agencies improve care, the pandemic has held back the broader process of redesigning care to improve health and reduce inequalities. A more detailed framework for NHS agencies on tackling inequalities is ...
This new report looks at lessons from five case studies where acute hospitals are working collaboratively with local partners to build integrated models of care - three of the sites have since been chosen as vanguards by NHS England.
"As politicians and the public gear up for the general election in May 2015, how will the coalition government be judged on its NHS reforms? The NHS under the coalition government argues that the 2010-15 parliament has been a parliament of two halves for the NHS. The first half was dominated by debate about the Health and Social Care Bill which was intended to devolve decision-making and extend competition and choice in the NHS. The second half was taken up with limiting the damage caused by the Bill and giving priority to patient safety and the quality of care." -- Back cover.