title: Ten years on from the national service framework for long-term conditions: how far have we come?
abstract: Aysha Mendes investigates whether the Department of Health's blueprint for improving care of long-term conditions in the UK has been successful amid the large-scale changes occurring in the NHS over recent years.
authors.affiliation: Freelance journalist specialising in health, psychology and nursing.
authors.forename: Aysha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mendes
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000639:trends*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000639:trends*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D006113:United Kingdom