The government has published Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England. The plan sets out how they intend to improve the NHS. Read plan

NAVCA has summarised the paper from a voluntary sector perspective, with a focus on the key themes relevant to the local VCS sector and the role of local infrastructure and ICS-VCS Alliances.

The plan has three core shifts:

1. From hospital to community.

2. From analogue to digital.

3. From sickness to prevention.

NAVCA reports that the plan appears to signal a shift away from the VCSE sector and an integrated care model with cross-sector collaboration at its heart.

Engagement with ICS-VCS Alliances and the local VCS sector is placed more firmly in the hands of individual system, and places, while the reduction of ICSs adds a further layer of disruption, risking the progress made in many systems.

Read the full NAVCA article on their website.

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