Implications of the NHS workforce plan In June, NHS England published its much-awaited long-term workforce plan, which was welcomed across the political spectrum. The plan aims to increase the number of staff employed by the English NHS from around 1.5 million in 2021–22 to between 2.3 and 2.4 million in 2036–37. This would be equivalent to average growth in the size of the NHS workforce of between 3.1% and 3.4% per year. For context, we estimate that NHS staffing numbers grew by around 1.1% per year between 2009–10 and 2019–20.
Here, we do not seek to evaluate the merits of the plan, its modelling assumptions or its achievability. Instead, we start from the assumption that the plan will be implemented in full and the report considers the potential implications for the size of the NHS workforce and NHS budget in England. Institute for Fiscal Studies
See also:
- NHS workforce plan implies 1 in 11 of all workers will be employed in health by 2036 The Daily Mail
- NHS’s £50bn recruitment plan to prompt higher taxes or spending cuts, IFS warns The Daily Telegraph
- One in 11 workers in England could be NHS staff by 2036-37, study shows The Guardian
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