The NHS 10 Year Plan has been published today, 3 July 2025, by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care.
The plan seizes the opportunities provided by new technologies, medicines, and innovations to deliver better care for all patients – wherever they live and whatever they earn – and better value for taxpayers.
It is making 3 big shifts to how the NHS works:
- from hospital to community: more care will be available on people’s doorsteps and in their homes
- from analogue to digital: new technology will liberate staff from admin and allow people to manage their care as easily as they bank or shop online
- from sickness to prevention: we’ll reach patients earlier and make the healthy choice the easy choice
Greater Manchester
Live Well
We’re delighted to see Greater Manchester’s Live Well movement feature as a case study in the plan.
Live Well is Greater Manchester’s movement focused on tackling health, social and economic inequalities by changing how partners work together across public services, voluntary organisations and communities.
The approach follows what’s already working across our neighbourhoods and aims to grow consistent, community-led, preventative models of support – reducing reliance on public, especially crisis, services and improving lives for individuals and communities.
Find more information on our ‘Live Well’ page.
Prevention demonstrator
The 10 Year Plan also talks about new partnerships between the NHS and local Government.
Greater Manchester’s devolution and a focus on population health outcomes are described as ‘most advanced’. The plan says Greater Manchester and similar areas will be supported with increased autonomy including supporting areas through exploring opportunities to pool budgets and reprofile public service spending towards prevention.
Weight Loss
The plan talks about how the new NHS operating model that will drive innovation in the NHS, not stifle it.
Greater Manchester gets another mention for the deal made with Eli Lilly last year (2024) to widen access to tirzepatide. A world-first trial evaluating the utilisting of weight-loss medication to tackle economic inactivity in Greater Manchester will take place in the future.
For the most up to date information about weight loss in Greater Manchester we ask you to visit our ‘weight loss in Greater Manchester’ web page.
Mark Fisher, Chief Executive of NHS Greater Manchester
“We welcome the publication of the 10 Year Health Plan, which builds on much of the good work already happening here in Greater Manchester. We’ve already been bringing care closer to people’s homes, developing neighbourhood hubs like those in Hyde and Gorton, and working with local partners to improve health and wellbeing. It’s encouraging to see our region mentioned in the plan as an example of how health services, wider public services, and communities can come together to deliver better care.
“This ambitious plan recognises the ongoing pressures the NHS faces and the need to adapt to meet these challenges. As it’s a ten-year strategy, we are focused on improving access to services and the quality of care people receive today, while also planning for the future by investing in technology, expanding community services, and supporting proven approaches – such as reducing smoking during pregnancy, making social prescribing more available, improving dementia diagnosis, and speeding up diagnostic tests – that help people stay healthy over the long-term.
“We welcome the investment promised to improve NHS buildings and facilities, and we’re keen to build on funding that supports reducing health inequalities and helps communities who need it most. This plan is a great opportunity to make things better for everyone who lives in Greater Manchester and shows that health and care is everyone’s business.”
Read more
To find out what the next decade of health and care looks like, read Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England.
