A 10-Year Plan for the NHS

In 1948, just after WWII, Clement Attlee’s government made a choice founded on fairness: that everyone deserves the healthcare they need, not the healthcare they can afford. The NHS was born—free at the point of use, collectively funded through taxation.

Today, the USA, with its private insurance system, spends far more per capita on healthcare than we do. We reject that characterisation. But we know that our healthcare system is creaking and struggling after 14 years of austerity. It has to work for the 21st century, or it will break.

That is why this Government is choosing change. The new 10-Year Plan for the NHS, launched this month by the Prime Minister and Health Secretary Wes Streeting, is backed by £29 billion in additional investment and built around three big shifts:

• From Hospital to Community: More GPs and local health centres bringing services closer to home.

• From Analogue to Digital: Smarter tech and AI easing pressure on staff and simplifying care for patients.

• From Sickness to Prevention: Catching health problems early and supporting healthier lives through joined-up services.

  
  

Read more about the 10-Year Plan here

This is about building a modern NHS that meets people where they are—keeping them healthy, not just treating them when they're sick.

The NHS has been there for us for 77 years, through good times and bad. Let’s do this now to keep it there for the next 77.