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In July 2000, the NHS plan was
launched. The vision of the NHS Plan is to offer people fast and
convenient care delivered to a consistently high standard with Services
available when people require them, tailored to their individual
needs.
The Plan recognised that despite its many achievements, the NHS
has failed to keep pace with changes in our society.
To tackle these problems, the government decided to make an historic
commitment to increase the funding of the NHS over the next four
years. The Prime Minister's announcement in March 2000 of large,
sustained investment in the NHS provides the funding that doctors,
nurses, dentists, therapists, managers and other staff have called
for over the years.
Underpinning the Plan are a set of core principles. The importance
of these principles is that they represent the common ground between
the Government and the NHS as the task of modernising and rebuilding
the health service begins. Some of the principles restate the founding
values of the NHS, others reflect issues that are important today.
Taken together they offer a framework for taking forward the programme
set out in this Plan.
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