A Major Disease Strategy for the NHS?

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Gandhi and Andy take a look at the new DoHSC Major Conditions Strategy. We introduce the document, foreword and executive summary. 

2:31 Introducing the Major Conditions Strategy - What is it and why is it important?
8:31 Foreword by Steve Barclay Secretary of State for Health & social Care
14:12 Executive Summary
25:16 A helpful infographic summary of the Major Conditions Strategy
27:33 Our impressions and discussion

This policy paper published by the Department of Health and Social Care (DoHSC) in August 2023 outlines a strategy to improve health and wellbeing in the UK by focussing NHS resources on 6 disease areas identified as causing 60% of all illness and death in the UK.

These areas are:
- Cancer
- Heart disease
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Mental ill-health
- Dementia
- Respiratory diseases

View the original document here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/major-conditions-strategy-case-for-change-and-our-strategic-framework/major-conditions-strategy-case-for-change-and-our-strategic-framework--2 

Further breakdowns of the rest of the document should be available soon.

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