A key part of the campaign will be promoting the range of new services that are already improving local access to health and care services, including:

• The successful mobile X-Ray car that significantly improves healthcare access for local people by providing X-rays in the comfort of their own homes or care homes, which sees 80% of patients at home avoiding the need for a trip to the hospital. This runs alongside a Rapid falls response service, that helps people who have fallen and a Right care car that supports people with frailty or long term conditions who need urgent healthcare at home.

• Services available through NHS111 including out of hours GPs, mental health crisis support and a palliative and end of life crisis support line

• Helping to prevent sickness, not just treating it, through new integrated neighbourhood teams and community health and wellbeing workers who are referenced in the NHS 10 Year Health Plan

• How the NHS is moving from analogue to digital, with shared care records that enable approved health and care providers to access essential health information about their patients, and our frontline services using AI to identify and support patients most at risk of a hospital admission.

Local people’s views will feed into the development of a new Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 5-year health and care plan, aligned to the NHS 10 Year Health Plan. 

As well as the online survey, local NHS teams will be visiting local community venues, groups and events, encouraging people to share ideas and feedback on what matters most to them. Details of where NHS teams will be visiting will be shared on their website and Facebook page.