Overview

• The plan caps overseas recruitment at 10 percent of new NHS hires to reduce reliance on foreign-trained doctors and drive self-sufficiency by 2035.
• UK-trained medical graduates and clinicians with significant NHS experience will be prioritised for junior doctor roles and specialty training.
• Work coaches will be embedded in GP surgeries and NHS leaders will face targets to help patients return to employment as part of efforts to reduce welfare spending.
• The strategy introduces neighbourhood health teams to shift routine treatment into communities and ease hospital pressures.
• A new patient choice charter promises individuals greater control over where and how they receive NHS care.