The NHS has actually been marking its 70th anniversary, and the nationwide argument this has released has actually centred on 3 huge truths. There's been pride in our Health Service's enduring success, and in the shared social commitment it represents. There's been concern - about funding, staffing, increasing inequalities and pressures from a growing and ageing population. But there's likewise been optimism - about the possibilities for continuing medical advance and better results of care.
In expecting the Health Service's 80th birthday, this NHS Long Term Plan takes all 3 of these truths as its starting point. So to succeed, we need to keep all that's excellent about our health service and its place in our nationwide life. But we must take on head-on the pressures our staff face, while making our extra funding reach possible. And as we do so, we should speed up the redesign of client care to future-proof the NHS for the years ahead. This Plan sets out how we will do that. We are now able to because:
- initially, we now have a safe and secure and enhanced financing path for the NHS, balancing 3.4% a year over the next five years, compared to 2% over the previous five years
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NHS Long Term Plan
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