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The NHS Long Term Plan, also known as the NHS 10-Year Plan is a document published by NHS England on 7 January 2019, which sets out its priorities for healthcare over the next 10 years and shows how the NHS funding settlement will be used. It was published by NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens and Prime Minister Theresa May. [1]
The Health and Care Act 2022 put these systems on a statutory basis, each with an approved constitution. On 1 July 2022, a total of 42 ICSs became statutory. There are more than 70 performance metrics by which they are judged, grouped into six "oversight themes": quality, access and outcomes, preventing ill health and reducing inequalities, leadership, people, and finances.
The concept has gained support in the NHS organisations of the United Kingdom as well as in Ireland [2] and the Netherlands [3] and forms part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The referral mechanisms, target groups, services offered through social prescribing vary across settings.
There were more than 400,000 hospital admissions in England linked to smoking last year. Each year the NHS spends around £2.5bn on treating health issues caused by smoking – it is the leading ...
"The Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare Benefits and Improvement Act includes significant reforms to the delivery of VA services and health care, and is the byproduct of years-long ...
In 2019 only 10% of NHS trusts claimed to be fully digitised. The NHS Long Term Plan requires all hospitals to move to digital records by 2023, so clinicians can access and interact with patient records and care plans wherever they are. As of 2019, 62% of trusts have plans to digitise all their patient records.
There is much stress on the fact that 70% of the NHS budget is spent on the management of the 15 million people with long term conditions. Two new models of care – multispecialty community providers, and primary and acute care systems – involve integrating primary care and hospital care in a single provider organisation. [4]
Many of the proposals were drafted under the leadership of Simon Stevens and are intended to reinforce the ambitions of the NHS Long Term Plan. It was introduced into the House of Commons in July 2021 and was the first substantial health legislation in the premiership of Boris Johnson. It was proposed to take effect in April 2022, but in ...