Overview

• The government plans to publish its ten-year NHS reform strategy in July, backed by a £29 billion annual funding increase approved in this month’s spending review.
• Health secretary Wes Streeting aims to shift routine outpatient appointments from hospitals to neighbourhood services such as GP practices and high-street opticians.
• Financial incentives will be overhauled so that NHS regions are paid based on population health outcomes rather than hospital activity.
• The NHS app is set to become the service’s digital front door, enabling online appointment booking, communication with providers, and integration with remote monitoring devices.
• 59 percent of the public are dissatisfied—the highest rate since 1983; resident doctors are voting on potential strikes that could undermine waiting-list reductions.