This makes it truly radical and presents NHS staff, particularly its managers with a huge change agenda. The Plan acknowledges there is no simple solution, no straightforward political slogan. The problems it is grappling with are universal ones that beset health care systems of the western world. Mr Edwards said NHS managers now faced a huge task in implementing change. Whilst we can make an immediate start on some things, it isn't a case of just going out and spending the new money, we also need to get maximum value.
Cancer affects one in three of the UK population.
Patients must have a say in shaping care and service delivery. The NHS plan encapsulates all this and more - which is real progress. But fine words are not enough. The NHS has to be inclusive. The NHS is ours, and it has to work for everybody, whatever their age, race, gender or postcode.