The government’s new 10-year NHS plan, published on July 3rd but not coming into force until 2026, is a significant document, and one that may change the NHS and healthcare in England substantially. It may even save it from the brink of disaster, if some commentators are right. 

Remember that hellish world of oppression and misery, where the line between truth and lies was blurred, and terror stalked the land? No, not primary care over the last 12 months—but George Orwell’s seminal book, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Room 101 was the torture chamber in the Ministry of Love where people’s worst fears were kept. Later, the eponymous TV game show would see guests choose their most hated things to put into Room 101.