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National service frameworks (NSFs) are long term strategies for improving specific areas of care. They set national standards, identify key interventions and put in place agreed time scales for implementation.
NSFs cover some of the highest-priority conditions such as the UK's biggest killers - as well as other common conditions including mental health and diabetes:
NSFs have two main roles:
A non-mandatory best practice guide intended to raise the issues that will encourage housing, social care and health organisations to adopt a whole systems approach locally in projecting future housing and care needs for older people locally. It also sets out possible paths for how they might be met.
(Department of Health)
