NHS England Neighbourhood Health Guidelines 2025/26 published 

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NHS England has published Neighbourhood Health Guidelines for 2025/26. 

The Guidelines are aimed at Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), local authorities and health and care providers. Expectations for implementation are: 

  • The NHS and social care working together to prevent people spending unnecessary time in hospitals or care homes. 
  • Strengthening primary and community-based care to enable more people to be supported closer to home or work.  
  • Connecting people accessing health and care to wider public services and third sector support, including social care, public health and other local government services. 

These Guidelines specifically name the following population groups as the primary focus for 2025/26: 

  • Adults with moderate or severe frailty (physical frailty or cognitive frailty, for example, dementia). 
  • People of all ages with palliative care or end of life care needs. 
  • Adults with complex physical disabilities or multiple long-term health conditions. 

You can read the Neighbourhood Health Guidelines 2025/26 here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/neighbourhood-health-guidelines-2025-26/ 

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