No easy solutions for workforce development

No easy solutions for workforce development Our latest quarterly monitoring report underlined how much pressure the NHS is under. Responses to this pressure are developing at extraordinary pace. Earlier this year, the ‘footprints’ for sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) were agreed in a matter of weeks, the draft plans just a few weeks later, and we expect plans to be finalised in October. The mechanism by which Sustainability and Transformation Fund money can be ‘switched off’ if trusts miss their quarterly financial targets maintains a sense of urgent pace. The King's Fund