The NHS Long Term Plan Defining priorities for the NHS in England over the next decade

In 2018, the government announced £20.5bn of additional funding for the NHS in England by 2023/24. Launched in January 2019, the NHS Long Term Plan set out priorities for how this money would be spent over the next ten years to improve and reform the NHS.
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Analysis
The NHS Long Term Plan and COVID-19
Our assessment of progress against the main pledges in the NHS Long Term Plan and the impact of...
Press release
NHS plan jeopardised by unfinished business on funding and rising demand
New analysis from the Health Foundation shows that delivering the ambitious vision set out in the...
Briefing
Investing in The NHS long term plan
A briefing analysing the challenges for health and social care following the publication of the NHS...
Press release
NHS long term plan launch: pragmatic and ambitious, but making it a reality will be tough
Health Foundation response to launch of new long term plan for the NHS in England
Press release
NHS long term plan announcement: a welcome commitment but trade-offs are inevitable
Health Foundation response to Prime Minister’s announcement of NHS long term plan.
In the media
- NHS long term plan: Rightly ambitious, but can the NHS deliver?
An editorial by Hugh Alderwick and Jennifer Dixon in the BMJ
- NHS long-term plan: this is very far from “job done”
A joint comment piece by Anita Charlesworth and Hugh Alderwick in Prospect
- The NHS long term plan: the road from plan to improvements for patients
An opinion piece by Will Warburton in the BMJ
- Planning for multimorbidity—did the NHS long term plan go far enough?
A joint opinion piece by Sarah Deeny and Rebecca Fisher in the BMJ
- The NHS as an anchor – taking forward the long term plan
A joint comment piece by Sarah Reed and Dr Dominique Allwood in the HSJ
- Keeping us healthy is not just a job for the NHS
An article by Jo Bibby in the Local Government Chronicle
Related reading
Consultation response
The NHS Long Term Plan legislative proposals
Our response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee inquiry into legislative proposals in...
Newsletter feature
A pragmatic plan, but can the NHS make it happen?
Hugh Alderwick explores what the plan covers, and what this really means for the future of the NHS.
Newsletter blog
The NHS Long Term Plan: the road from plan to improvements for patients
Translation from plans to patient benefit is a journey fraught with pitfalls, and will require...
Newsletter blog
Improving productivity – what does The NHS Long Term Plan expect?
Anita Charlesworth explains how realising the ambitions of The NHS Long Term Plan, within the...
Newsletter blog
Keeping us healthy is not all about the NHS
Tackling the issue facing millions across the UK of spending years in ill health will only happen...
Learning report
The improvement journey
A learning report explaining why improvement in health care matters, and how to get started in your...
Research report
Securing the future: funding health and social care to the 2030s
This research looks at how much health spending would need to rise to provide the level of service...
Press release
Staffing shortfall of almost 250,000 by 2030 is major risk to NHS long term plan
Critical and lasting shortages in the health care workforce mean that the forthcoming NHS Long Term...
Blog
The NHS long term plan: Suggestions for framing the way ahead
Chief Executive Jennifer Dixon offers up her suggestions for the NHS long term plan.
Blog
Cultivating the soil
Will Warburton presents the case for a provider capability-building fund to support the NHS long...
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