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US Healthcare Embedded Within Future Plans For Fragmented And Local Healthcare In England

The 'National' Health Service no longer exists in England

It is the opinion of many leading campaigners trying to save the NHS from further privatisation, and mirroring of the US healthcare system of healthcare denial alongside private medical insurance; that abolishing the current Us system of 42 autonomous Integrated Care Systems run by their business biased Integrated Care Boards and the repealing of the 2012 and 2022 Acts which embed in law, privatisation as the basis upon which the future of the NHS is to be determined; remains the only way to put the NHS back together again in England.

But it is clear that this Labour Government will continue the destruction of the NHS, as started by Blair and Milburn in the 1990s, given the details of those business and bureaucratic personnel being assembled by Wes Streeting to develop the Government's 10 year plan for healthcare in England!

Now that Donald Trump has been re-elected in the USA, Starmer will wish to ensure US/UK trade deals given the intention of the US to add tariffs to all products entering the US from other countries, including the UK.

What a prize it will be for even more unfettered access to the UK's National Health Service via a trade deal?

As if to confirm the above scenarioss, the Health Service Journal (HSJ) has revealed the health and care leaders selected by the government to co-chair 11 advisory groups that will feed into the development of a 10-year plan for health. These groups are split into two categories: seven "enabler" groups and four "vision" groups, which will provide insights to inform the plan, due for publication in May 2025.

Enabler Groups (to report by February 2025)

Accountability and Oversight

Co-Chairs:
Matt Style, DHSC Director General for Secondary Care
Rob Webster, CEO of West Yorkshire Integrated Care System

Digital

Co-Chairs:
Ming Tang, NHSE Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Tim Ferris, Former NHSE National Director of Transformation, Primary Care Doctor, and Harvard Medical School Professor of Medicine

Finance and Contracting

Co-Chairs:
Julian Kelly, NHSE Chief Finance Officer
Bill McCarthy, Governor of Leeds Trinity University, former NHS regional director and city council leader

Mobilisation / Making it Happen

Co-Chairs:
Sally Warren, DHSC Director General for the 10-Year Plan
Joanna Killian, CEO of Local Government Association

People

Co-Chairs:
Gavin Larner, DHSC Workforce Director
Alison Griffin, CEO of London Councils

Physical Infrastructure

Co-Chairs:
Emily Curtis, DHSC Director of Capital
Simon Linnett, Former Chair of Bedfordshire Hospitals and ex-Rothschild & Co Adviser

Research, Life Sciences, and Innovation

Co-Chairs:
Lord Ara Darzi
Vin Diwakar, NHSE National Transformation Director

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Vision Groups (to report before Christmas 2024)

“I can stay healthy and manage my health in a way that works for me” (Prevention and managing health conditions)

Co-Chairs:
Jeanelle de Gruchy, Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Joint Lead for the Office for Health Improvement and Disparity
Ravi Gurumurthy, CEO of Nesta

 “I am treated in a fair and inclusive way, irrespective of who I am” (Inequalities)

Co-Chairs:
Professor Bola Owolabi, NHSE Inequalities Director
Jacob Lant, CEO of National Voices

 “I can access the high-quality and effective care I need, when and where I need it” (Access)

Co-Chairs:
Dame Emily Lawson, NHSE Chief Operating Officer
Louise Ansari, CEO of Healthwatch England

 “My care is centred around my needs and I’m listened to” (Person-centered care / Multimorbidity)

Co-Chairs:
Professor Claire Fuller, NHSE Deputy Medical Director for Primary Care
Caroline Abrahams, Director at Age UK

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The groups' findings will be used to shape the government's 10-year health plan, with reports from the "vision" groups due before Christmas and from the "enabler" groups by February 2024.

The membership of each group will include representatives from various sectors including patient or service user groups, clinicians, trust or system leaders, third-sector organizations, and others, with both DHSC and NHSE representation within each co-chaired group.

Source: HSJ / unionsafety

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