Praise for 'ambitious' NHS plan but experts warn patients may wait longer as funding decisions bite

Praise for 'ambitious' NHS plan but experts warn patients may wait longer as funding decisions bite After a weekend-long dissection of the NHS long-term plan’s headline ambitions, it was hoped that Monday would fully flesh out what’s in store for the health service as it invests a £20.5bn budget increase over the next decade.

The final document, which runs to 136 densely-typed pages, has commitments for every corner of the NHS and has received near-universal praise for its ambition and detail.

In particular it sets out that a £4.5bn slice of the budget increase will be spent on GP and community care to diagnose diseases early and treat people closer to home. The Independent

See also:

• Health Secretary: NHS 'has got to be better' at working with councils Channel 4 News
• Theresa May claims UK's 'strong public finances' and Brexit will pay for a better NHS The Daily Mail
• Four-hour A&E waiting time target could be scrapped The Daily Mail
• NHS plan: The key points from the new 134-page strategy The Daily Telegraph
• NHS plan: Smartphone consultations to replace hospital appointments in NHS 'digital first' plan The Daily Telegraph
• NHS chief backs call for tougher, faster A&E waiting-time standards The Guardian
• Long-term plan for NHS England 'undeliverable' amid staffing crisis The Guardian
• NHS chiefs tell Theresa May it is time to curb privatisation The Guardian
• NHS 10-year plan relies on raiding other countries for thousands of nurses and doctors The Independent
• The government’s 10-year NHS plan is welcome – but a shift in public opinion is needed if we are to save it The Independent