HEALTH leaders have welcomed the publication of the NHS long term plan.
The 131-page plan, which was published on Monday, outlines the priorities for the health service over the next decade.
The 10-year plan has been created to ensure the additional £20.5 billion investment into the NHS prioritises the prevention of illness and ensures the sustainability of the NHS far into the future.
The largest increase in funding will go towards primary and community care, including GPs.
Kevin McGee, chief executive of East Lancashire Hospitals Trust , said: “The plan endorses a lot of what we have been doing for some time here in Pennine Lancashire in terms of partnership working and bringing services together to be more joined up.”
Graham Burgess, chairman of Blackburn with Darwen CCG said: “Closer integration of services and partnership working is vital to improve patients’ experience and also to support people to keep well. People sometimes ‘fall’ through the gaps between organisations; bringing services and teams together will help to stop this.”
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