10 Year Health Plan

In July 2025, the Government announced a 10 Year Health Plan for England to create an NHS ‘Fit for the future’. On this page, we share information on self-care’s inclusion in the Plan and our activity to support the implementation of the Plan.

What is the aim of the 10 Year Health Plan?

 

The 10 Year Health Plan (the Plan) was published by the Government on 3 July 2025. It was developed in response to Lord Darzi’s independent investigation of the NHS in England, which highlighted a number of failings across the health system and the need to reform the service to ensure it is fit for the future. The Plan seeks to address the challenges facing the sector by setting out how it will reinvent the healthcare model in England to ensure patients are empowered to control their care.

The Plan outlines the Government’s ambitions to reform the NHS and recognises the important role that self-care plays in improving the health of the nation. It sets out how the Government intend to deliver three key health shifts:

Hospital to community

Hospital to community

Analogue to digital

Analogue to digital

Sickness to prevention

Sickness to prevention

What does the Plan mean for self-care?

 

The 10 Year Health Plan marks an important step forward in recognising the valuable role that self-care plays within our healthcare system. At PAGB, we have long been advocating for measures to prioritise and promote self-care, engaging with Government and key stakeholders to provide insights, evidence and solutions to ease the burden on the NHS.

The Plan recognises that good self-care depends on the right knowledge, skills and support, and commits to supporting patients to be more active in managing their own health. We have outlined below the key ambitions included in the Plan for self-care:

Our previous work on self-care

Find out about PAGB’s activity to promote self-care and secure it’s inclusion in the 10 Year Health Plan.

Key resources

Why self-care must not be forgotten: The case for self-care in the 10 Year Health Plan

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Press release – Self-care recognised for essential role in building NHS for the future in Government’s 10 Year Health Plan

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Policy

PAGB works with Government, policy makers, NHS and regulators, as well as with our partners in the health and pharmacy sectors, to drive improvements in health policy regulation.

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Self-care

PAGB promote self-care to empower individuals to take responsibility for their health and well-being.

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Membership

When you join PAGB, you become part of the collective and expert voice representing and promoting the consumer healthcare sector’s interests and reputation.

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