HSJ 18 July 2018
- During an interview with HSJ Simon Stevens identified five major priorities for the 10 year NHS plan due to be unveiled this autumn.
- mental health, especially services for children and young people, and potentially "core crisis care”.
- cancer, in particular screening services and addressing race and socioeconomic and gender and cultural barriers that exist to early diagnosis
- cardiovascular disease – stroke and heart attacks
- children’s services in particular prevention and inequality as they affect children.
- reducing health inequalities
- As part of the funding deal and long term plan, the prime minister announced a review of NHS waiting time targets.
HSJ 18 July 2018
- During an interview with HSJ Simon Stevens discussed future changes to NHS funding rules and suggested that "Over the course of the next three years we’re going to see a wholesale shift.”
- A plan covering the financial years from 2019-20 to 2021-22 is being developed with NHS Improvement and in discussion with the NHS and will be set out at the end of September, then confirmed in November.
- Sustainability funding would be ended at the latest by the end of the three year period
- According to HSJ the funding plan in late September is likely to include three years of firm CCG allocations and two years indicatively.
