Department of Health, 5 December 2014
- The ambitions for the health service for April 2014 to March 2015
- This mandate challenges NHS England to make greater progress towards transforming patient care and safety and in tackling the growing pressures and demand on NHS services.
- Significant improvements are expected by:
- taking forward the relevant actions set out in the further response to the Robert Francis QC public inquiry into the lessons from Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust;
- taking forward the actions set out in the vulnerable older people’s plan which will set out the Government’s ambition for improved health for the whole population, starting with the most elderly and vulnerable in society; and
- taking forward actions to deliver a service that values mental and physical health equally.
