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. The NHS long term plan sets out priorities for how this money will be spent over the next ten years.
The Health Foundation view
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
Related reading
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 term plan.
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 it does today and how much...
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 Plan risks becoming an un...
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