Today, the Department for Health and Social Care has published its ‘10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future’
Although much of the content has been leaked out in dribs and drabs over recent weeks, it is worth restating that the plan has a mission to improve health, and aims to reform the health system, structured around three shifts: from a service treating sickness to one focused on preventing illness occurring in the first place; from delivering care in hospitals to delivering care closer to home, in communities and in primary care; and digital transformation of service delivery.
On first reading, our eyes were drawn to the aim of establishing “new global institutes with the ambition to help the UK lead the world on science and innovation and speed up clinical trial recruitment. By March 2026, clinical trials set-up time will fall to 150 days.”
There is also likely significance for our community in the expansion of NICE’s technology appraisal process to cover devices, diagnostics and digital products.
There are ambitious plans for a growth in adult and paediatric genomic testing, and we are particularly keen to see how the NHS App might be used for quick, UK-wide clinical trial recruitment.
We will take a deeper dive into the plan in the coming days and deliver a longer form response, so please do keep checking our news pages for updates.
You can access the plan here: ‘10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future’.
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