NHS Long Term Plan

Background

The NHS published its Long Term Plan on 7 January 2019. The Plan, which was developed in partnership with frontline health and care staff, patients and their families, focuses on several key changes. 

About this project

This project was commissioned from Healthwatch England by NHS England. Healthwatch England oversaw the national network of Healthwatch organisations to a) engage with their populations, b) collect evidence, c) produce reports on a regional level (in this case Greater Manchester).

The result of the engagement will be shared with Healthwatch England to produce a national evidence base that will inform the development and implementation of the specific activities discussed within the long term plan.

Results will be published on a regional level and shared with those responsible for transforming health and care services (in this case the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership).

The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership is already working on its Prospectus for the next 5 years. The Prospectus will set out how Greater Manchester will respond to the ambitions in the new NHS Long Term Plan published in January 2019 and update how the Health & Social Care Partnership will contribute to the wider vision for Greater Manchester. This work will be shared with the Partnership and used in tandem with the Prospectus to inform and guide developments across the city.

As well as a general overview report, we have produced a report for each specific area of the Long Term Plan.