Overview

• Health Secretary Wes Streeting said acute trusts could expand into primary care and family doctors may take charge of local hospitals as part of the upcoming 10-year health plan due in July.
• The strategy seeks to dismantle traditional silos between acute, community and primary care to establish neighbourhood health services.
• A record £29 billion funding injection underpins the reforms even as ministers caution that investment alone cannot resolve systemic pressures.
• NHS figures show overall waiting lists have fallen to 7.39 million—the lowest in two years—while the number of patients waiting over a year for treatment has risen to around 190,000.
• Foundation trusts and integrated care boards will gain greater autonomy over service redesign without another top-down reorganisation of the health service.