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# UK Government announces NHS 10 Year Plan
- URL: https://med-techinsights.com/uk-government-announces-nhs-10-year-plan/
- Published: 2025-07-03T10:42:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:44:30.000Z
- Description: The Department of Health and Social Care, the office of the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting have officially announced the launch of the government’s 10 Year Plan for the National Health Service (NHS). The 10 Year Health Plan is part of the government’s health missi
- Author: Oliver Johnson
- Tags: Policy & Regulation, News, Digital Health & AI

The [**Department of Health and Social Care**](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care?ref=med-techinsights.com), the office of the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting have officially announced the launch of the government’s 10 Year Plan for the [**National Health Service**](https://www.nhs.uk/?ref=med-techinsights.com) (NHS). The 10 Year Health Plan is part of the government’s health mission to build a health service ‘fit for the future’ according to the PM. It sets out how the government will aim to reinvent the NHS through 3 shifts that it has described as ‘radical’: sickness to prevention, hospital to community, and analogue to digital.

The government has said that to support the scale of change needed, it will ensure the whole NHS is ready to deliver these 3 shifts at pace:

- through a new operating model
- by ushering in a new era of transparency
- by creating a new workforce model with staff genuinely aligned with the future direction of reform
- through a reshaped innovation strategy
- by taking a different approach to NHS finances

The government has pledged that there will be more health services in local neighbourhoods where people need it, and to make it easier for people to get help with their health by training ‘lots more’ GPs, and providing appointments on the same day as they are needed.

A person’s health information will be kept safely in one place, called a single patient record. This will include details of medicines, health visits, test results etc. The government has also said that there will be improvements made to the NHS App, making it better and easier to use so that users can find any NHS service that they need; choose the healthcare they want; book appointments; see healthcare staff online; check and order medicine; and provide feedback on NHS services. The NHS App will also use artificial intelligence to give users personal advice at any time says the government.

Another change is the NHS working with other organisations in England to ‘help people be healthy’, aiming to keep more people out of hospital. According to the plan, the government believes that working with schools and colleges, workplaces, businesses and charities, and local councils can address issues such as weight, alcohol consumption, and smoking.

The plan reiterates the governments smoking ban, saying that by 2035, children in England will be the first generation who will never be able to buy cigarettes.

The government claims that the 10 Year Plan will help the NHS to become a leader in health research, finding new medicines and ways to save lives, and using new tech and tools.

The plan states that if someone ‘does not get good care’, the NHS will ‘be honest’ and aim to fix it quickly and learn from the mistakes.

The government has said that illnesses such as cancer, heart problems, and mental illnesses are a priority, and the NHS will look at these illnesses first to ensure care is ‘the best it can be.’

The 10 Year Plan sets out the governments push for ensuring more people can get good jobs in their local NHS, through giving them ‘all the skills and training they need’. It also says it will make the NHS a ‘great place to work’, by letting staff choose when they work, providing rewards for good work, and helping staff to get the training they want.

The plan can be found [here.](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/10-year-health-plan-for-england-fit-for-the-future?ref=med-techinsights.com)

An ‘easy-read’ version of the plan can be found [here.](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68664082e6557c544c74db82/10-year-health-plan-for-england-easy-read.pdf?ref=med-techinsights.com)