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PAPAA and the NHS 10‑year health plan: Working together for better psoriatic disease care.
The UK Government’s 10‑Year Health Plan for England sets out an ambitious vision to transform the NHS through three big shifts. moving from:
- Hospital to community
- Analogue to digital, and
- Sickness to prevention
For people living with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, this direction of travel is both urgently needed and full of opportunity.
As a specialist charity dedicated to psoriatic disease, PAPAA already works in ways that closely align with this vision, and we are ready to go further.
Putting psoriatic disease into the neighbourhood health service
The Plan describes a future “Neighbourhood Health Service”, where more care is delivered closer to home, with voluntary organisations and communities playing a central role in long‑term conditions. Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are exactly the kinds of chronic, multi‑system illnesses that need joined‑up, neighbourhood‑based support.
PAPAA already provides trusted, evidence‑based information and resources that help people prepare for appointments, understand treatment options and manage their condition day to day. Over the coming years, we intend to strengthen our role in local pathways by:
- Developing clear, practical resources that dermatology and rheumatology teams can use with patients in clinics and in the community.
- Working with Integrated Care Systems and local partners to ensure psoriatic disease is visible within neighbourhood long‑term condition plans.
Supporting the move from “bricks to clicks”
The 10‑Year Health Plan commits to making the NHS “digital by default”, with a stronger role for the NHS App, remote monitoring and digital information. For people who live with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, quick access to reliable online guidance can make a real difference between coping with a flare at home and needing urgent care.
PAPAA has long championed accessible, high‑quality online health information, for example through our free leaflets, web content and support for campaigns such as Health Information Week. To support the digital ambitions of the Plan we will:
- Continue to update our online resources so they are easy to read, mobile‑friendly and ready to link into NHS digital pathways.
- Explore safe, digital tools, such as structured self‑management guides and signposting, that people can use any time, wherever they live.
Helping shift from sickness to prevention
The Plan highlights that long‑term conditions now account for most NHS spending and that earlier diagnosis, prevention and optimisation of treatment are essential. In psoriatic disease this means spotting psoriatic arthritis sooner, reducing preventable flares, and addressing associated risks such as cardiovascular disease.
PAPAA already funds and promotes research that improves understanding of psoriatic disease and its wider impact, and we provide information that helps people recognise symptoms and seek timely care. Looking ahead, we plan to:
- Develop clearer information on early signs of psoriatic arthritis and comorbidities, so people and professionals can act sooner.
- Work with clinical teams, researchers and industry partners to evaluate how better education and self‑management support can reduce avoidable complications and hospital use.
A partner for patients, professionals and the NHS
The 10‑Year Health Plan recognises that the NHS cannot deliver this transformation alone and must work closely with the voluntary sector, life sciences and technology partners. PAPAA is ready to be a constructive, specialist partner in psoriatic disease, bringing together lived experience, trusted information and a strong commitment to improving care.
We will continue to:
- Keep people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis at the heart of everything we do.
- Share our knowledge with clinicians, commissioners and policymakers working to redesign services.
- Seek collaborations with NHS organisations, researchers and responsible industry partners who share our aim: better care and, ultimately, better outcomes for everyone affected by psoriatic disease.
As the NHS begins this period of change, PAPAA will work to ensure that psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are not left behind, and that those living with these conditions have the information, voice and support they need in a modern health system.