HEALTH

Healthy goals bring opportunity

Matthew Taylor says there are many ways the 10-year plan for health could go wrong but only a small corridor for success – and one positive element is the good news about local government.

© Marigis/Shutterstock

At the recent launch of the Government's 10-Year Health Plan for England I wisely decided not to tell Sally Warren, Department of Health and Social Care director general for the plan and its lead author, what was on the tip of my tongue: ‘Well, that's the easy part over.'

But it is true. The plan promises to do several things the NHS committed to for decades but failed to accomplish. This time a focus on prevention, a shift of resources from hospitals to care closer to home and effective take-up of technological possibilities must be accomplished at fast pace with limited revenue and even more constrained capital budgets.

Matthew Taylor

Popular articles by Matthew Taylor

SUBSCRIBE TO CONTINUE READING

Get unlimited access to The MJ with a subscription, plus a weekly copy of The MJ magazine sent directly to you door and inbox.

Subscribe

Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government.

Login

Already a subscriber?