NHS “Fit for the Future” 10-Year Plan

🔍 Summary of Key Areas

🏥 Neighbourhood Health Hubs
• 250-300 new hubs offering same-day appointments, diagnostics, mental health, social care and follow-up
• Designed to reduce hospital burden and bring care closer to communities

📱 Digital NHS
• Unified NHS App as a central access point by 2028
• AI tools, digital booking, smart wearable integration, and a single shared patient record

🍎 Prevention First
• Anti-obesity measures, including access to weight-loss medications
• Universal free school breakfast clubs
• Tighter food labelling and incentives to keep children active

👩‍⚕ Workforce Reform
• Local autonomy for NHS providers
• New flexible career routes
• Annual workforce plans starting Summer 2025

💷 Efficiency Targets
• 2% annual savings through tech and management
• All savings to be reinvested into frontline services

❓ Why It Matters for GPs
• General Practice will lead many of the new Health Hubs
• Practices may be expected to integrate more closely with ICBs and digital infrastructure
• GPs may play a greater role in prevention, public health and local commissioning
• The LMC will work to ensure any changes protect funding, workload and autonomy

📆 What’s Next?
• 🗓 The first workforce strategy is expected Summer 2025
• 🏥 Health Hub pilots to begin early 2026
• 📣 LMCs will be consulted on implementation, contracts, and governance

📥 Resources
• 🔗 Full Executive Summary (gov.uk)
• 🔗 10 Key Points (The Times)
• 🔗 Plan Overview (The Guardian)
• 🔗 In-depth Analysis (King’s Fund)