The recovery of the NHS is in the hands of the incoming government and the balance of forces able to force change. NHS leaders say they will work positively with ministers and welcome their mission-based approach to placing the NHS on a more sustainable footing.

The NHS overall priority in 2024/25 remains the recovery of core services and productivity following the COVID-19 pandemic. To improve patient outcomes and experience key focus areas remain to maintain collective focus on the overall quality and safety of NHS services.

The NHS Long Term Plan placed tackling health inequalities at the heart of NHS goals for this decade. Furthermore, COVID-19 has shone a harsh light on some of the health and wider inequalities that persist in our society. This was later refined to five key priority areas.
• Restoring NHS services inclusively
• Mitigating against digital exclusion
• Ensuring datasets are complete and timely
• Accelerating preventative programmes
• Strengthening leadership and accountability

The NHS will deliver against the 5 strategic priorities for tackling health inequalities by implementing the Core20PLUS5 approach.

National NHS objectives for 2024/25 form the basis for how performance of the NHS will be measured, alongside the local priorities agreed by ICSs.

These include: quality and patient safety, urgent and emergency care, primary and community services, elective care, cancer, diagnostics, maternity, neonatal and women’s health, mental health, people with a learning disability and autistic people, prevention and health inequalities, workforce, use of resources.

We all share the desire to deliver more for patients with the resources that we have. A relentless focus on improvement, reducing delays and unnecessary processes will be critical to delivering on the priorities of patients.

Health-100 NHS FutureFit will provide attendees the opportunity to hear from leaders in the NHS and other key delivery partners on the ongoing progress made towards national NHS objectives. Attendees will get the chance to connect with influential leaders and colleagues. With diversity, and inclusion at the heart of the day attendees can spearhead and implement changes in health and social care.