The government has committed to three ‘strategic shifts’ for the NHS which includes moving care from ‘hospital to community’ and from ‘treatment to prevention'.
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The Labour Government also said it wants to shift the NHS from ‘analogue to digital’, in a statement last week (6 September 2024).
The comments come as Lord Darzi's investigation into the state of the NHS is expected to be published this Thursday.
Pharmacy bodies have highlighted funding, workforce and medicine supply as key concerns to the Darzi review.
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Ahead of the report's publication, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer suggested it would claim that current issues in the NHS stem from previous policy decisions, including ‘hopelessly conceived’ reforms by the Conservatives.
In an interview with the BBC over the weekend, Sir Kier said the previous Conservative Government ‘broke the NHS’, leaving it in an ‘unforgivable state’.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has also recently confirmed its appointment of Paul Corrigan, a Blair-era adviser who will work directly with Mr Streeting on his 10-year plan to reform the NHS.
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And Alan Milburn, who spearheaded increased private involvement in the NHS under Blair, has also been brought on board by the health secretary to support with NHS reform.
A version of this article first appeared in our sister publication Pulse.
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