Healthwatch England NHS Long Term Plan - Regional Engagement Report - 2019

Report - 6 August 2019

The NHS has produced a Long-Term Plan, setting out all the things it wants health services to do better for people across the country.

The Long-Term Plan sets out what the NHS wants to do better, including:

  • Making it easier for people to access support closer to home and via technology
  • Doing more to help people stay well
  • Providing better support for people with:
    • cancer
    • mental health conditions
    • heart and lung diseases
    • long-term conditions such as diabetes and arthritis
    • learning disabilities and autism
    • and for people as they get older and experience conditions such as dementia

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Healthwatch England NHS Long Term Plan - Regional Engagement Report - 2019
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