' Lessons and Legacy from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Health and Care ' , The AHSN Network

The findings of this report highlight the importance of treating health as our greatest national asset to nurture and protect, with preventative health requiring more attention in the long-term. Importantly, social care needs to be given the same weighting as to the NHS to accelerate the move towards health and social care integration. Patient pathways need to be reconfigured to integrate NHS and social care around patient and citizen needs so that improved outcomes are the goal, with digital and data technologies as enablers – the means to the end, rather than the end in itself. The urgency, speed and agility seen with the response to COVID-19 needs to continue, to address the ongoing chronic disease ' epidemic ' and minimise the impact of future viral pandemics. This includes mobilising people more effectively to solve problems through more flexible roles guided by a shared purpose.
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