Spousal maintenance is a sum of money that is paid from one spouse to the other after a relationship breakdown. It is a legal obligation in circumstances where a 'clean-break' is not appropriate due to ongoing responsibilities after divorce.
The plan is built around three core shifts in care: from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from treatment to prevention. These shifts reference the government’s ambition to deliver economic growth through improved health outcomes.
The newly approved routing criteria is hoped to clearly define the circumstances for when highly specialised technologies (HSTs) will be routed to the HST programme which is designed to evaluate technologies for ultra-rare debilitating conditions.