- Ground-breaking neighbourhood health services to be delivered in most-deprived areas first, where healthy life expectancy is lowest
- Government hits ground running on delivering 10 Year Health Plan, beginning in deprived communities with greatest need
- Pioneering neighbourhood health teams will focus on patients with multiple long-term conditions and more complex issues
People living in the most deprived communities across the country are set to benefit from new neighbourhood health services as the government takes the first steps in the roll-out today (9 July 2025), making care more convenient and reducing health inequalities.
Central to the 10 Year Health Plan, the services will bring NHS care closer to home and provide better support for people with complex conditions, keeping them well and avoiding unnecessary hospital trips.
One example is Team Up Derbyshire, an initiative which links up GPs, social workers, home carers and nurses to support people who need care in their own homes – bringing the best of the NHS to the rest of the NHS.
The government has hit the ground running on delivering the plan, today writing to health chiefs and local authority chief executives, urging them to team up with local health and care providers, voluntary groups and members of their communities to accelerate the rollout of the services across the country.
They have been asked to submit applications, outlining examples of joined-up working and innovation in their areas, to join phase 1 of the neighbourhood health programme.
This will prepare local partnerships to take on responsibility for more neighbourhood services in their area. It will see successful applicants join an intensive national coaching programme over the summer, including major workshop days that bring together experts, GPs and their teams, patients, the voluntary sector and local authorities.
Read the full press release here.
