The government has confirmed investment for hundreds of new Neighbourhood Health Centres.
250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres will house teams of GPs, nurses, dentists and pharmacists together under one roof to best meet the needs of the community.
These centres are part of a new Neighbourhood Health Service that will provide end-to-end care and tailored support.
As outpatient care is moved out of hospitals, the centres will house clinics in the community.
Neighbourhood health services will initially focus on improving access to general practice and supporting people with complex needs and long-term conditions, in the areas of highest deprivation.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said: "At the Budget I’ll set out how we’ll deliver on the country’s priorities to cut NHS waiting times, cut debt and cut the cost of living.
"We’re driving down waiting lists by bringing healthcare to patients’ doorsteps and turbocharging NHS productivity with cutting-edge technology.
"Our record investment, combined with ruthless efficiency and reform, will deliver the better care and better outcomes our NHS patients deserve."
It has also been confirmed that £300 of new capital investment will go into technology for the NHS. New digital tools will be rolled out to to NHS staff to support their work and improve productivity - by automating administrative tasks and providing swifter access to patient information, as well as ensuring better staff communication and better coordinated care.
Health Minister, Karin Smyth said: "Neighbourhood Health Centres fundamentally reimagine how the NHS works - bringing care closer to home and making sure the NHS is organised around patients’ needs, not the other way round.
"The Chancellor is rightly boosting investment in the NHS after we inherited a health service on its knees – with Lord Darzi’s investigation uncovering a £40 billion black hole. But funding will only get us so far. We need to use every measure available to us, which is why we’re leveraging in private investment to construct some of these centres, making the most of all expertise and every tool at our disposal.
"Our new NHS Rebuild approach will give the health service the investment it needs, repurposing and building a new generation of Neighbourhood Health Centres across the country. It will go hand in hand with reform and efficiency – ensuring proper value for money for taxpayers."
