DEMO: Help build a health service for the future of your community

The NHS needs to reduce waste and maximise productivity to ensure we have a health service for the future. This needs to include a greater focus on prevention, care closer to home and making better use of technology.


Tell us what you think!

We want to to hear from our staff and our communities to hear your ideas for improvements and how the NHS could work better in your area.

This space has been set up to explore some of those opportunities:


The NHS needs to reduce waste and maximise productivity to ensure we have a health service for the future. This needs to include a greater focus on prevention, care closer to home and making better use of technology.


Tell us what you think!

We want to to hear from our staff and our communities to hear your ideas for improvements and how the NHS could work better in your area.

This space has been set up to explore some of those opportunities:


Share your stories about NHS services - what is working well and what could we learn from?

We want to hear about your experiences of using NHS services.

Do you have particular local services in your community that help keep people well? Is another organisation providing a service in a way the NHS could learn from? Have you experienced good care and what made it good? Share your story now.

*Please note all stories are fictional and for demo purposes only.


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  • Professionals helping to improve personal mental health goals

    14 days ago

    Jen from Southampton had been using prescribed medication for many years to manage her mental health condition. For two years she had been prescribed anti-psychotic medication and for many years prescribed anti-depressants. She still had thoughts of self- harm, low moods and felt paranoid. The medication was helping but it made them feel ‘zombified’ and she had gained weight. She wanted to be medication free but also have a stable mental health.

    Over five months Jen worked with her local pharmacist and occupational therapist to reduce her medication and increase her activities. She did have some side effects like headaches... Continue reading

  • Fast turnaround from cancer diagnosis to surgery

    14 days ago

    Cancer patient John from Shropshire, said he "can't praise enough" those who looked after him and the fast turnaround between when he was first diagnosed and then had surgery.

    John said he had a PSA blood test which can help detect prostate cancer.

    He had a raised level and was asked to come into his GP surgery the day after the result came in, and had an examination.

    John said he was then put on to a two-week cancer care wait and within a fortnight he had an MRI scan at his local hospital. He also had a biopsy and... Continue reading

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