This week, the Health and Social Care Secretary, Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP, announced he will unveil a refreshed workforce plan in the summer. He said:
“Lord Darzi diagnosed the dire state of the NHS, including that too many people end up in hospital because there aren’t the resources in the community to reach patients earlier.
“Our 10 Year Health Plan will deliver 3 big shifts in the focus of healthcare: from hospital to community, analogue to digital, and sickness to prevention. We will refresh the NHS workforce plan to fit the transformed health service we will build over the next decade, so the NHS has the staff it needs to treat patients on time again."
The government will publish the 10 Year Health Plan next spring.
Following that, the workforce plan, which is due to be revised every 2 years, will be refreshed next summer.
