Update NHS Change: 10 Year Plan
17 April 2025
We have collated all the feedback from our local groups. Find out what people from mid and south Essex said about the Governments plans.
Check out the report here
Local feedback and next steps
NHS Mid and South Essex ran a number of local NHS Change 10 Year Plan workshops for groups and residents across mid and south Essex. The findings are currently being collated into a report and this will be available to view on the NHS Mid and South Essex website ‘Insight bank’ page and on our Virtual Views engagement platform, by the end of March 2025.
In total, over 500 people got involved to provide their feedback, which we gathered from a wide range of hard to reach groups, including; Multicultural Essex Womens Association; Brentwood and Thurrock MIND; Gypsy Roma focus group; Black women’s maternity group; Save Maldon Medical Services campaign group and the Jewish community.
The feedback gathered was submitted to NHS England for the national plan and it will also be used locally to inform the MSE ICB medium term plan and NHS Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust’s 10 year strategy.
National feedback and next steps
Since the Government launched Change NHS in October 2024, to hear your views, experiences and ideas, to help shape a new 10 Year Health Plan for England, over 175,000 contributions have been received.
People have shared their pride in the NHS and their support for its founding principles, but also the hard truths about their experiences. Too often, you can’t get a GP appointment, an ambulance, or treatment when you need it, and staff don’t have the resources they need to provide the care they want to give to patients.
The Government has now issued an interim report on the feedback received and would now like you to tell them your views on the priorities for change on some of the ideas from the engagement so far. Click on this link to share your further thoughts on priorities identified to date https://change.nhs.uk/en-GB/projects/your-priorities-for-change
Please submit any responses no later than Monday 14 April 2025.
NHS, local authority and third sector staff are working harder than ever to get services back on track, to get waiting lists down and consistently deliver the best care.
We know change is needed. But we also know that many of the solutions we need are already here, working somewhere in the NHS today.
We in mid and south Essex have not shied away from this challenge. We are tackling it head on — redesigning how we deliver care, bringing treatment closer to home and really taking advantage of the latest technology and innovation.
On October 22nd we saw news of another state-of-the-art Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in south Essex move a step closer to helping improve access to critical diagnostic services; this is in addition to progress to offer more services in Braintree and Thurrock. Earlier this year, the roll out of a shared care record has brought vital information together to transform how professionals work to deliver more holistic care.
Our staff are our greatest asset, so we know it is not just recovery we need to worry about — it is resilience too. Productivity does not mean asking our staff to do more but giving them the tools they need — whether it’s modern buildings, flexible working or better-connected tech — to work more efficiently, and therefore provide better, faster, safe care for patients.
That’s why we are playing our part in the launch the consultation for the 10-Year Health Plan alongside the government, and we want to hear from you — patients, their families and the wider public — about your NHS story.
Whether you have a little to say or a lot, your views, experiences and ideas will shape immediate steps and long-term changes: a new 10-Year Health Plan for the NHS.
This will be focused on the three shifts that the Government, health service, and experts agree need to happen and these include:
- moving care from hospitals to communities
- making better use of technology
- focussing on preventing sickness, not just treating it
This is a once in a generation opportunity to make the NHS fit for the future. Together we can fix it. We need your voice.
If you would like to participate and give your views and ideas, please register to join one of the two ‘on-line’ focus groups events we are running to capture the views of people across mid and south Essex.
To register, please click on the date and time that is convenient for you: 40 spaces are available at each session
Session 1 - Thursday 16th January 2025 (10am until 12 noon) - closed
Session 2 - Wednesday 22nd January 2025 (5:30pm until 7:30pm) - closed
Session 3 - Tuesday 28 January 2025 (2:00pm until 4:00pm) - closed
Session 4 - Thursday 6 February 2025 (3:00pm until 5:00pm)
Register here
When you have registered, you will be emailed a link to join the focus group event. If you ahve any queries please email mseics.getinvolved@nhs.net
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Information for facilitators of the community focus groups only
Please find in the documents section on the right hand side of this page.
The slide deck
The Easy Read version of the slides
A BSL version of the slides can be found at the link below
https://vimeo.com/1039699660/2882682cf4?share=copy
Update NHS Change: 10 Year Plan
17 April 2025
We have collated all the feedback from our local groups. Find out what people from mid and south Essex said about the Governments plans.
Check out the report here
Local feedback and next steps
NHS Mid and South Essex ran a number of local NHS Change 10 Year Plan workshops for groups and residents across mid and south Essex. The findings are currently being collated into a report and this will be available to view on the NHS Mid and South Essex website ‘Insight bank’ page and on our Virtual Views engagement platform, by the end of March 2025.
In total, over 500 people got involved to provide their feedback, which we gathered from a wide range of hard to reach groups, including; Multicultural Essex Womens Association; Brentwood and Thurrock MIND; Gypsy Roma focus group; Black women’s maternity group; Save Maldon Medical Services campaign group and the Jewish community.
The feedback gathered was submitted to NHS England for the national plan and it will also be used locally to inform the MSE ICB medium term plan and NHS Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust’s 10 year strategy.
National feedback and next steps
Since the Government launched Change NHS in October 2024, to hear your views, experiences and ideas, to help shape a new 10 Year Health Plan for England, over 175,000 contributions have been received.
People have shared their pride in the NHS and their support for its founding principles, but also the hard truths about their experiences. Too often, you can’t get a GP appointment, an ambulance, or treatment when you need it, and staff don’t have the resources they need to provide the care they want to give to patients.
The Government has now issued an interim report on the feedback received and would now like you to tell them your views on the priorities for change on some of the ideas from the engagement so far. Click on this link to share your further thoughts on priorities identified to date https://change.nhs.uk/en-GB/projects/your-priorities-for-change
Please submit any responses no later than Monday 14 April 2025.
NHS, local authority and third sector staff are working harder than ever to get services back on track, to get waiting lists down and consistently deliver the best care.
We know change is needed. But we also know that many of the solutions we need are already here, working somewhere in the NHS today.
We in mid and south Essex have not shied away from this challenge. We are tackling it head on — redesigning how we deliver care, bringing treatment closer to home and really taking advantage of the latest technology and innovation.
On October 22nd we saw news of another state-of-the-art Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in south Essex move a step closer to helping improve access to critical diagnostic services; this is in addition to progress to offer more services in Braintree and Thurrock. Earlier this year, the roll out of a shared care record has brought vital information together to transform how professionals work to deliver more holistic care.
Our staff are our greatest asset, so we know it is not just recovery we need to worry about — it is resilience too. Productivity does not mean asking our staff to do more but giving them the tools they need — whether it’s modern buildings, flexible working or better-connected tech — to work more efficiently, and therefore provide better, faster, safe care for patients.
That’s why we are playing our part in the launch the consultation for the 10-Year Health Plan alongside the government, and we want to hear from you — patients, their families and the wider public — about your NHS story.
Whether you have a little to say or a lot, your views, experiences and ideas will shape immediate steps and long-term changes: a new 10-Year Health Plan for the NHS.
This will be focused on the three shifts that the Government, health service, and experts agree need to happen and these include:
- moving care from hospitals to communities
- making better use of technology
- focussing on preventing sickness, not just treating it
This is a once in a generation opportunity to make the NHS fit for the future. Together we can fix it. We need your voice.
If you would like to participate and give your views and ideas, please register to join one of the two ‘on-line’ focus groups events we are running to capture the views of people across mid and south Essex.
To register, please click on the date and time that is convenient for you: 40 spaces are available at each session
Session 1 - Thursday 16th January 2025 (10am until 12 noon) - closed
Session 2 - Wednesday 22nd January 2025 (5:30pm until 7:30pm) - closed
Session 3 - Tuesday 28 January 2025 (2:00pm until 4:00pm) - closed
Session 4 - Thursday 6 February 2025 (3:00pm until 5:00pm)
Register here
When you have registered, you will be emailed a link to join the focus group event. If you ahve any queries please email mseics.getinvolved@nhs.net
**************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Information for facilitators of the community focus groups only
Please find in the documents section on the right hand side of this page.
The slide deck
The Easy Read version of the slides
A BSL version of the slides can be found at the link below
https://vimeo.com/1039699660/2882682cf4?share=copy
