Quicker access to care: Government’s Plan for Change: Improving Access to Care
The government’s Plan for Change is delivering tangible benefits to thousands of patients, with the latest health data showing significant improvements in access to care. By slashing waiting lists and driving forward reforms across the NHS, the government is exceeding its own targets and reducing waiting lists at a rapid pace. Since July, the waiting list has declined by 219,000, with a six-month reduction in waiting times.
Community Diagnostic Centres: Bringing Care Closer to Home
Around 4.5 million tests, checks, and scans were carried out in Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) between July and February, a 50% increase on the previous year. This equates to 18,000 more checks being delivered every day for patients to diagnose some of the biggest killers, including cancer and heart disease. The government is expanding the number of CDCs open 12 hours a day, seven days a week, making it easier for people to get their tests and appointments done at a time that suits them.
Investing in the NHS
The Plan for Change is backed by almost £26 billion investment at the Budget, driving forward reform of the NHS to put an end to the misery for many people who have had to put their lives on hold while stuck on waiting lists. The government is also focused on growing the economy to improve living standards across the country, with measures such as freezing fuel duty, boosting the minimum wage, and protecting working people with no rise in their national insurance, income tax, or VAT.
Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee
The government has outlined plans for a Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, which aims to put 13,000 more officers into neighbourhood policing roles by 2029, an increase of more than 50%. This will help restore people’s trust in local policing.
Great British Energy
The government has set up Great British Energy in Aberdeen to catalyse private investment and announced its first major project: installing solar panels on 200 schools and 200 NHS sites, which will cut energy bills.
Free Breakfast Clubs
Thousands of children have started attending the first 750 free breakfast clubs, providing them with a healthy start to the day, giving parents 30 minutes of free childcare, and helping them save up to £450 a year.
Economic Stability and Growth
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has confirmed that the economy will grow every year from 2026, and that the government’s planning reforms will lead to a 0.2% increase in GDP, worth £6.8 billion.
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Chancellor’s Comments
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden said: “Through our Plan for Change, we are getting on with the job of rebuilding our country and improving the public services we all rely on. It’s already making a difference in people’s lives as we put police back on the beat, get more teachers in classrooms, and this week launched free breakfast clubs in hundreds of schools.”
Further Faster 20 Programme
The Further Faster 20 programme is part of plans to reduce the number of people unable to work due to long-term sickness. The programme sees teams made up of clinical leads from across trusts, as well as national specialists, driving innovative practices. It has resulted in a total of almost 50,000 cases being removed from waiting lists in areas with high economic inactivity since October.
Minister’s Comments
Minister for Elective Care Karin Smyth said: “This government made a promise to the British public to reverse more than a decade of soaring waiting times and poor access to patient care—and through our Plan for Change, we are starting to turn the tide across every part of the country—with our crack teams already having a transformative impact.”
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Trafford Elective Hub
The Trafford Elective Hub is an example of the Further Faster 20 programme in action. The hub runs super-charged theatre lists that see almost twice the number of patients seen as standard theatre lists. The hub also runs super clinics at weekends, providing one-stop
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