By Sarah Spina-Matthews
Greater Manchester has had a head-start implementing neighbourhood health services, part of the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS, and it has already improved life expectancy figures, the region’s health boss has said.
Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to “rewire” the health service is based on moving patients out of hospitals and into neighbourhood health hubs.
NHS Greater Manchester chief executive Mark Fisher said the region had already established hubs in Hyde and Gorton.
“You can already see that these sorts of approaches… have increased life expectancy in Greater Manchester more than the average in England,” he said.