Wes Streeting has unveiled the key parts of his plan to reform the NHS and help “build a health service fit for the future”. The 10-year plan will involve major shifts in three years – “hospital to community, analogue to digital, and sickness to prevention”. A consultation is being launched alongside the plan, and is being described as the “biggest national conversation about the future of the NHS since its birth” and is calling for submissions from both patients and NHS staff.
The Health Secretary said: “When I was diagnosed with kidney cancer, the NHS saved my life, as it has for so many people across our country. “We all owe the NHS a debt of gratitude for a moment in our lives when it was there for us, when we needed it. Now we have a chance to repay that debt.
“Today the NHS is going through the worst crisis in its history. But while the NHS is broken, it’s not beaten. Together, we can fix it.
” Here are the key proposals he has announced as part of his plans to reform the NHS: ‘Patient passports’ to give access to all medical records New “patient passports” would allow an NHS patient’s medical records to be stored digitally in one place. The information will be accessible via the NHS app and will make it easier for GPs, hospitals and ambulance services to access the information of people who visit them. The Government claims this new approach would save NHS staff an estimated 140,000 hours every year while giving people greater control o.
