Overview

• The 10-year strategy enters its implementation and consultation phase, with unions and think-tanks cautiously welcoming the vision but flagging staffing and funding gaps as critical issues
• Neighbourhood health hubs will operate 12 hours a day, six days a week, providing GP services, diagnostics and post-operative care close to patients’ homes
• GP practices will adopt AI-powered systems to automate note-taking, draft correspondence and streamline record-keeping through a revamped NHS app
• The plan pledges to train thousands more GPs, end the 8am appointment scramble and require newly qualified dentists to serve at least three years in the NHS
• New prevention measures include food and alcohol labelling laws, age limits on energy drinks and wider access to obesity treatments to curb illness before it starts