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Health reform brings together all the major changes needed to create an NHS that always puts patients first. It shows how making services fit around patients can push standards up right across the system. It will help local health care organisations as they strive to offer the sort of convenient, comfortable, high-quality care that people need and will choose to use long into the future.
The different elements of health reform that are working together to provide a genuinely patient led NHS.
The NHS needs to make long lasting improvements to create health services for everyone.
Health reform will bring different opportunities and benefits for staff, patients and service users.
The Government is developing a national strategy to shape support for carers. The Department of Health is leading this work which includes a nationwide consultation with carers and voluntary organisations.
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Seven private finance initiative (PFI) hospitals, worth around £1.5 billion, have passed checks on affordability and value for money.
