In line with national policy and recommendations from the NHS Long term plan for the 2020s there is a movement towards proactive, predictive, and personalised prevention with primary care networks (PCNs) creating multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) to increase capacity and provide services closer to home. In support of this with a reduction in GP numbers there is an even greater need for input from allied health professionals.
Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020’s consultation document
The vision was that the ‘The 2020s will be the decade of proactive, predictive and personalised prevention.’ And to help deliver care closer to home in primary care.