While not a new idea, delivering on this key pledge would be a game changer in the delivery of healthcare services. 

Sensing the potentially short political lifecycle of this policy change, Wes Streeting has wasted no time in inviting bids for the launch in the most deprived areas of the country. 

As well as easing pressure on acute services, neighbourhood health services could play a key role in re-establishing a sense of community in deindustrialised areas devastated by Thatcherism in the 1980s and left to decline in the decades since. 

It is no coincidence that these neglected regions first turned to Brexit and now turn to Reform UK having been failed by Government. 

But it will take a synchronised whole Government effort to tackle the shocking health inequalities experienced in these neighbourhoods, including housing, employment, education, the environment and sport, as well as the full participation of business, communities and the voluntary sector. It is this whole Government approach that is lacking in the NHS focused 10-Year Health Plan. 

The neighbourhood health system can be the cornerstone of a healthier society but its success will be reliant on other pieces of the jigsaw also being put in place.