Friday, 14 April 2017

Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View

Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View

On 31st March 2017 the Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View was published. It restates, reframes and reinforces the themes set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View in October 2014. It is and will be the blueprint for how the NHS will operate for the remainder of this Parliament. The focus remains on the reform of urgent and emergency care and of general practice, continuing to make advances in the treatment of cancer and ensuring parity in mental health services. There is also an emphasis on all part of the NHS working together to achieve better health, better care and better value for the populations they serve, dismantling organisational boundaries if this is required.

Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View can be found on the NHS England website at https://www.england.nhs.uk/five-year-forward-view/. It doesn’t take long to read, and I urge you to do so. This is Plan A, there is no Plan B.

Simon Banks