In October 2014 the NHS published the Five Year Forward View (5YFV) setting out a new shared vision for the future of the NHS based around new models of care – what were called ‘blueprints’ – needed to address the long-term sustainability of the NHS.
In December 2014 the Dalton Review was published, designed to complement the 5YFV by describing the organisational delivery vehicles that could help the NHS translate the theory into practice.
In January 2015, the NHS invited individual organisations and partnerships to apply to become ‘vanguards’ for the new care models programme, one of the first steps towards delivering the 5YFV and supporting the improvement, standardisation and integration of services.
The 50 vanguard programmes chosen cover the following: