High quality care for all NHS Next Stage Review - Antibiotic Action
High quality care for all NHS Next Stage Review - Antibiotic Action
High quality care for all NHS Next Stage Review - Antibiotic Action
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10 Summary letter• Raised awareness of vascular riskassessment through a new ‘ReduceYour Risk’ campaign. As we rollout the new national programme ofvascular risk assessment <strong>for</strong> peopleaged between 40 and 74, we willraise awareness through a nationwide‘Reduce Your Risk’ campaign – helpingpeople to stay healthy and to knowwhen they need to get help.• Support <strong>for</strong> people to stay healthyat work. We will introduce integratedFit <strong>for</strong> Work services, to help peoplewho want to return to work but arestruggling with ill health to get backto appropriate work faster.• Support GPs to help individualsand their families stay healthy.We will work with world-leadingprofessionals and patient groups toimprove the Quality and OutcomesFramework to provide better incentives<strong>for</strong> maintaining good health as well asgood <strong>care</strong>.We will give patients more rights andcontrol over their own health and <strong>care</strong>.I have heard the need to give patientsmore in<strong>for</strong>mation and choice to makethe system more responsive to theirpersonal needs. We will:• Extend choice of GP practice.Patients will have greater choice ofGP practice and better in<strong>for</strong>mation tohelp them choose. We will developa fairer funding system, ensuringbetter rewards <strong>for</strong> GPs who provideresponsive, accessible and high <strong>quality</strong>services. The <strong>NHS</strong> Choices website willprovide more in<strong>for</strong>mation about <strong>all</strong>primary and community <strong>care</strong> services,so that people can make in<strong>for</strong>medchoices.• Introduce a new right to choice inthe first <strong>NHS</strong> Constitution. The draft<strong>NHS</strong> Constitution includes rights tochoose both treatment and providersand to in<strong>for</strong>mation on <strong>quality</strong>, so that,wherever it is relevant to them, patientsare able to make in<strong>for</strong>med choices.• Ensure everyone with a long-termcondition has a personalised <strong>care</strong>plan. Care plans will be agreed by thepatient and a named professional andprovide a basis <strong>for</strong> the <strong>NHS</strong> and itspartners to organise services aroundthe needs of individuals.• Pilot personal health budgets.Learning from experience in social <strong>care</strong>and other health systems, personalhealth budgets will be piloted, givingindividuals and families greatercontrol over their own <strong>care</strong>, withclear safeguards. We will pilot directpayments where this makes mostsense <strong>for</strong> particular patients in certaincircumstances.• Guarantee patients access to themost clinic<strong>all</strong>y and cost effectivedrugs and treatments. All patientswill receive drugs and treatmentsapproved by the National Institute <strong>for</strong>Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)where the clinician recommends them.NICE appraisals processes will bespeeded up.
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