NHS 5 year forward view and financial shortfall
The NHS five year forward view, published in October 2014 set out a view for the future to ensure sustainability of healthcare services and economic prosperity with strong emphasis for the following:
a. Radical upgrade in activist prevention and public health
b. Removal of barriers between family doctors and physicians, between physical and mental health and between health and social care with significant localised or community-based care delivery supported by specialised centres
c. Shared budgets and combining health and social care