The NHS in Devon has launched local engagement around the 10 Year Health Plan, which will run in parallel with, and support, the national Change NHS campaign.

Between November 2024 and 28 February 2025 members of the public and patients in Devon, as well as NHS staff and healthcare experts, are being invited to share their experiences, views and ideas for improving the NHS.

People are being encouraged to fill in the local survey even if they have already completed the national one. This is to ensure that insights from local people can be used to improve local services.

Dr Alex Degan, Medical Director for Primary Care at NHS Devon, said: “Alongside the biggest national conversation about the future of the NHS since it began, local people in Devon are being called upon to share their experiences of our health service to help shape the government’s 10 Year Health Plan and local NHS improvement programmes in Devon.”

Patients, the public and staff can get involved in two ways:

• Submit ideas and feedback through a survey here
• Join events taking place across the county and online. These will be focussed on the three big shifts in healthcare to make the NHS fit for the future – moving it from analogue to digital, hospital to community, and sickness to prevention. Information will be updated on the One Devon website over the coming months.

For people who are unable to submit their feedback online, Healthwatch Devon, Plymouth and Torbay are offering to collate feedback over the phone. People can access this support by calling 0800 520 0640.