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NHS long-term plan: Focus on prevention 'could save 500,000 lives'
By Nick Triggle, BBC Health Correspondent 7th January 2019
NHS bosses in England say a new 10-year plan could save up to 500,000 lives by focusing on prevention.
GPs, mental health and community care will get the biggest funding increases.
The aim is to curb the reliance on hospitals, which will get a smaller cut of the budget - leading some doctors to warn they were facing a "near-on impossible task."
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