The British public and clinicians are being asked to share their experiences and ideas to “help fix our NHS”.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is calling on the entire country to help shape the government’s “10 Year Health Plan” with a “national conversation”.
Members of the public, NHS staff and experts are being invited to share their experiences, views and ideas on how the health service should move forward.
People can submit their ideas on change.nhs.uk or on the NHS app until the beginning of next year.
Mr Streeting, who was treated for kidney cancer in 2021, said the NHS “saved my life” and everyone owed the health service “a debt of gratitude”.
“Now we have a chance to repay that debt,” he said.
“Today the NHS is going through the worst crisis in its history. But while the NHS is broken, it’s not beaten.
“Together, we can fix it.
“Whether you use the NHS or work in it, you see first-hand what’s great, but also what isn’t working. We need your ideas to help turn the NHS around.”
The project is part of what the government is calling a shift “from hospital to community”.
It will include plans for new neighbourhood health centres where patients will be able to see GPs, district nurses, care workers, physiotherapists, health visitors and mental health specialists in the same place.
They also want to change the NHS “from analogue to digital” by putting all patient health information, test results and letters on the NHS app.
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