Health and Care sector leaders and experts were brought
together on Monday 20 September by the Secretary of State
for Health and Social Care, , to help
shape healthcare reform.
The summit invited open discussion to help shape and drive
reform, covering NHS elective recovery, wider social care
system reform, preventing ill-health and closing health
disparities, and achieving greater integration.
Attendees included NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard as
well as NHS senior leadership and local leaders, social
care, public health leadership, medical colleges,
membership organisations, think tanks, charities and local
government.
Following the summit, Health and Social Care Secretary
said:
We can’t carry on with business as usual, that’s why
today I’ve brought together vital leaders and experts
from across the health and social care world to hear
their views on how we deliver necessary reforms to meet
and overcome the challenges we face, and I thank all
those who joined.
The pandemic changed everything and left us with large
backlogs. It’s a huge challenge, but the last eighteen
months has shown what we are capable of achieving when we
work together towards a common goal.
I’m confident we can tackle waiting lists and deliver the
ambitious reforms needed to help our health and social
care system recover and move forwards for the better from
this wretched pandemic.
On 7 September the Prime Minister
announced plans to tackle the backlogs that have built up
during the pandemic, reform adult social care, and bring
the health and social care system closer together on a long
term, sustainable footing, with a £36 billion investment in
the health and care system over the next three years.
The government has also recently brought forward the new
Health and Care Bill to help drive forward integration in
health and social care.
