NHS England, Monitor, the NHS Trust Development Authority, the Care Quality Commission, Public Health England and Health Education England, 19 December 2014
- This document describes the approach for national and local organisations to make a start in 2015/16 towards fulfilling the vision set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View
- This coordinated planning guidance requires leaders of local and national health and care services to take action on five fronts. It:
- sets outs seven approaches to a radical upgrade in prevention of illness with England becoming the first country to implement a national evidence-based diabetes prevention programme
- explains how £480 million of the £1.98 billion additional investment will be used to support transformation in primary care, mental health and local health economies;
- makes clear the local NHS must work together to ensure patients receive the standards guaranteed by the NHS Constitution;
- underlines the NHS’s commitment to giving doctors, nurses and carers access to all the data, information and knowledge they need to deliver the best possible care;
- details how the NHS will accelerate innovation to become a world-leader in genomic and genetic testing, medicine optimisation and testing and evaluating new ideas and techniques.
- Technical guidance documents and supporting materials for commissioners and providers will be published in due course.
