NHS chief spells out England’s four possible models of care delivery

NHS England will not dictate which “evolutionary path” local areas should follow in implementing new models of healthcare delivery but will expect most to fall into one of four broad types, its chief executive, Simon Stevens, has told The BMJ.

In an exclusive interview,1 Stevens said that the new care models proposed in the Five Year Forward View for the NHS had “already begun to stimulate thinking and debate” since the vision was launched last month.2 3

He told The BMJ that NHS England would shortly be …