This paper sets out the challenges facing health and social care provision in England to raise the ambition of the current policy and funding debate. Whilst many recognise the degree of financial pressures on the system, the Centre for Progressive Policy (CPP) argues that we need to do more than plug a short-term funding gap. We need to rethink the...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  1. Next year the NHS turns 70. New treatments for a growing and aging population mean that pressures on the service are greater than they have ever been. But treatment outcomes are far better – and public satisfaction higher – than ten or twenty years ago.  2. With waiting times still low by historical standards but on the...

Introduction Great change needs strong foundations. Making change happen isn’t easy, but we hope this guide will help. The Change Model provides a valuable framework to enable effective and sustainable change that delivers real benefits for staff, patients and communities. It has been co-produced with hundreds of health and care staff and based on credible evidence and experience. The Change...

Supporting ‘Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View’  Version number: 1.0  First published: 29 March 2018  This information can be made available in alternative formats, such as easy read or large print, and may be available in alternative languages, upon request. Please contact [email protected] or 0300 311 22 33 (Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, excluding English Bank...