Record recruitment and reform to boost patient care under first NHS Long Term Workforce Plan

Record recruitment and reform to boost patient care under first NHS Long Term Workforce Plan Record numbers of doctors, nurses, dentists and other healthcare staff will be trained in England as part of the first ever Long Term Workforce Plan published by the NHS and backed by the Government today.

Coming ahead of the health service’s 75th anniversary, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets out how the NHS will address existing vacancies and meet the challenges of a growing and ageing population by recruiting and retaining hundreds of thousands more staff over 15 years and working in new ways.

The NHS plan, a once in a generation opportunity to put staffing on a sustainable footing and improve patient care, focusses on retaining existing talent and making the best use of new technology alongside the biggest recruitment drive in health service history to address the gap. NHS England

See also: 

• Workforce plan is long overdue but so far lacks substance on retention BMA
• NHS Long Term Workforce Plan The Health Foundation
• NHS workforce plan response Healthwatch
• The King's Fund responds to NHS England's workforce plan The King's Fund
• NHS Workforce Plan ‘a significant step forward for the NHS and its people' NHS Employers
• Workforce plan welcome but details will be crucial NHS Providers
• Nuffield Trust response to announcement on NHS Long Term Workforce Plan Nuffield trust
• RCN comments in anticipation of the NHS Workforce Plan Royal College of Nursing
• 'Historic' 15-year plan to boost NHS workforce BBC News
• Medical degrees to be cut from five years to four and training places to double as part of new drive The Daily Mail
• Biggest NHS reform in its history to save taxpayer £10bn The Daily Telegraph
• More than 300,000 extra doctors, nurses and other workers targeted in NHS plan Evening Standard
• Government aims to boost NHS with thousands more doctors and nurses The Guardian
• NHS plan explained: More than 300,000 extra doctors, nurses and other workers expected The Independent
• What's in the government's plan to boost England's NHS workforce? ITV News
• How the government plans to address the NHS staffing crisis - from shorter degrees to extra medical school places Sky News
• 'There will be challenges, but it's rewarding': Trainee nurses aren't deterred from NHS staffing crisis Sky News