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Industry can also actively support and encourage the development of the strategy outlined above with the goal of improving the strength and resilience of the healthcare system as a partner. [...] 2.2 Delivery and responsibility for the prevention of ill health in the UK In general, the NHS leads the delivery of secondary and tertiary prevention interventions. [...] 15 FIGURE 4: TIMELINE OF CHANGES TO THE ORGANISATION AND FUNDING OF PUBLIC HEALTH As part of the reorganisation of the public health system in 2021, a new cross-government ministerial board on prevention was announced (DHSC, 2021) to coordinate action on the wider determinants of health. [...] Figure 6 illustrates the spread of some of the benefits of prevention across multiple stakeholders, including individuals, the health system, the government, and the broader society. [...] For this to happen, investment in prevention is critical, and we have to accept that many of the benefits to the NHS, the government and wider society may take many years to occur (as per the gap identified around the timing of costs and savings).