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Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care

Status: Closed Opened: 23 Nov 2021 Closed: 26 Apr 2023 39 recommendations 34 conclusions 1 report

Reasons behind staff leaving the health and social care sectors and how to tackle them will be examined in a new inquiry. Workforce recruitment and training will also be explored. The Committee has heard repeatedly that more staff will be needed to meet future demand and deal with the backlog caused by the pandemic. Existing … Show more

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Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report - Workforce: recruitment, training and retenti… HC 115 25 Jul 2022 73 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

4 items
30 Recommendation Third Report - Workforce: recruitment, … Accepted in Part

UK medical school places require significant increase of 5,000 annually.

In the absence of an independent mechanism to assess the increase necessary, we agree with the recommendation of the Medical Schools Council and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges that the number of medical school places in the UK should be increased by 5,000 from c.9,500 per year to 14,500. … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government partially accepted the recommendation, noting it had already funded an additional 1,500 medical school places and temporarily lifted caps, and stated that a forthcoming Long Term Workforce Plan will set out actions to ensure sufficient staff, but it did not commit to the …
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Department of Health and Social Care
37 Recommendation Third Report - Workforce: recruitment, … Accepted in Part

Temporary, bank, and agency staff require full access to NHS training.

NHS England must ensure that temporary, bank, and agency staff are given full access to NHS training to allow them to level up their skills, to ensure that they are able to sign up for additional shifts. (Paragraph 141) Working culture, including the experience of ethnic minority health and care … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government agrees in part to provide better training and career development pathways in social care to drive recruitment and retention and commits to improving knowledge, skills, health and wellbeing and recruitment policies, providing resources through Skills for Care, and removing barriers to collaborative planning …
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Department of Health and Social Care
69 Recommendation Third Report - Workforce: recruitment, … Accepted in Part

Decrease Health and Care Worker visa salary requirements and add care workers to shortage list.

The Government should report on how many care workers have been issued with Health and Care Worker visas since the scheme was launched. The salary requirement for the visa should be decreased to the average salary for a social care worker. Care workers should be considered skilled and added to … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government reported that 56,900 care worker visas were granted in 2022, noting that care workers were added to the Health and Care Visa and Shortage Occupation List in February 2022. However, they rejected the recommendation to reduce the minimum salary requirement, citing it as …
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Department of Health and Social Care
71 Conclusion Third Report - Workforce: recruitment, … Accepted in Part

Review NHS recruitment contracts to eliminate punitive repayment clauses for international staff.

The NHS must undertake a review of its recruitment processes to ensure that no international health and care staff are being subject to punitive repayment clauses in their contracts. Those who are subject to repayment clauses must be released from them, and future NHS contracts must not contain repayment clauses. Read more

Government response AI summary
NHS England (NHSE) requires all trusts to follow the UK Ethical Code of Practice, which has been updated to ensure repayment clauses are transparent, proportionate, flexible, and taper down over time. NHSE will continue to explore further guidance with partners.
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Oral evidence sessions

6 sessions
Date Witnesses
28 Jun 2022 Chevonne Baker · Right at Home UK, Dr Claire Fuller · Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System, Dr Hugh Porter · Nottingham City Integrated Care Partnership, Matthew Taylor · Good Work Review, Saffron Cordery · NHS Providers, Sarah Sweeney · National Voices View ↗
7 Jun 2022 Amanda Pritchard · NHS England, Matthew Style · Department of Health and Social Care, Michelle Dyson · Department for Education, Professor Stephen Powis · NHS England, Rt Hon Sajid Javid · Department of Health and Social Care View ↗
24 May 2022 Danny Mortimer · NHS Employers, Dr Denise Chaffer · Royal College of Nursing, Dr Navina Evans · NHS England, Gill Walton · Royal College of Midwives, Ian Trenholm · Care Quality Commission (CQC), Professor Em Wilkinson-Brice · NHS England, Ravi Sharma · Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Shawn Charlwood · British Dental Association (BDA) General Dental Practice Committee, Simon Williams · Local Government Association View ↗
11 May 2022 Dr Latifa Patel · British Medical Association (BMA), Isaac Samuels, Health and social care community campaigner and social care recipient, Lara Akinnawonu · Cardiff University, Professor Colin Melville · General Medical Council, Professor Hazel Scott · University of Liverpool, Professor Malcolm Reed · Medical Schools Council, Professor Roger Kirby · Royal Society of Medicine, Professor Scott Wilkes · University of Sunderland, Sophie Weaver, Town councillor and social care recipient, Trevor Wright, lived experience witness View ↗
22 Mar 2022 Dr Vishal Sharma · Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust, Dr Wen Wang · University of Leicester, Jacqui McBurnie · NHS England and NHS Improvement Menopause Group, Nina Hemmings · Nuffield Trust, Prema Fairburn-Dorai · Primary Homecare in Suffolk, Professor Carol Atkinson · Manchester Metropolitan University, Professor Carol Woodhams · University of Surrey, Professor Dame Clare Gerada · NHS Practitioner Health, Shilpa Ross · The King's Fund, Wayne Jaffe · University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust View ↗
1 Mar 2022 Chris Hopson · NHS England, Dr Emma Hayward · University of Leicester, Gamu Nyasoro · Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Jane Ashcroft CBE · Anchor Hanover, Lara Bywater · LDC Care, Nicola McQueen · NHS Professionals, Oonagh Smyth · Skills for Care, Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard · University of Birmingham, Rachael Dodgson · Dimensions, Sarah McClinton · Association of Directors of Adult Social Services View ↗

Who gave evidence

50 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Amanda Pritchard · Chief Executive Officer NHS England 1
Chevonne Baker · Care Worker Right at Home UK 1
Chris Hopson · Chief Strategy Officer NHS England 1
Danny Mortimer · Chief Executive NHS Employers 1
Dr Claire Fuller · Chief Executive-designate Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System 1
Dr Denise Chaffer · President Royal College of Nursing 1
Dr Emma Hayward · GP and clinical teacher University of Leicester 1
Dr Hugh Porter · GP and Clinical Director Nottingham City Integrated Care Partnership 1
Dr Latifa Patel · Interim Chair British Medical Association (BMA) 1
Dr Navina Evans · Chief Workforce, Education and Training Officer NHS England 1
Dr Vishal Sharma · Consultant Cardiologist Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust 1
Dr Wen Wang · Associate Professor in Human Resource Management,… University of Leicester 1
Gamu Nyasoro · Clinical skills and Simulation Manager Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1
Gill Walton · Chief Executive Royal College of Midwives 1
Ian Trenholm · Chief Executive Care Quality Commission (CQC) 1
Isaac Samuels, Health and social care community campaigner and social care recipient — 1
Jacqui McBurnie · Chair NHS England and NHS Improvement Menopause Group 1
Jane Ashcroft CBE · Chief Executive Anchor Hanover 1
Lara Akinnawonu · Medical Student and Co-Chair of the BMA Medical S… Cardiff University 1
Lara Bywater · Registered manager and owner LDC Care 1
Matthew Style · Director General for Secondary Care and Integrati… Department of Health and Social Care 1
Matthew Taylor · Chair Good Work Review 1
Michelle Dyson · Director for Qualifications, Curriculum and Extra… Department for Education 1
Nicola McQueen · Chief Executive Officer NHS Professionals 1
Nina Hemmings · Researcher in Health Policy Nuffield Trust 1
Oonagh Smyth · Chief Executive Officer Skills for Care 1
Prema Fairburn-Dorai · Director Primary Homecare in Suffolk 1
Professor Carol Atkinson · Professor of Human Resource Management Manchester Metropolitan University 1
Professor Carol Woodhams · Professor of Human Resource Management University of Surrey 1
Professor Colin Melville · Medical Director and Director of Education and St… General Medical Council 1
Professor Dame Clare Gerada · Medical Director NHS Practitioner Health 1
Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard · Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges an… University of Birmingham 1
Professor Em Wilkinson-Brice · Acting Chief People Officer NHS England 1
Professor Hazel Scott · Dean of the School of Medicine University of Liverpool 1
Professor Malcolm Reed · Lead Co-Chair Medical Schools Council 1
Professor Roger Kirby · President Royal Society of Medicine 1
Professor Scott Wilkes · Head of School of Medicine and Professor of Gener… University of Sunderland 1
Professor Stephen Powis · National Medical Director NHS England 1
Rachael Dodgson · Managing Director and incoming CEO Dimensions 1
Ravi Sharma · Director for England Royal Pharmaceutical Society 1
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Correspondence

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6 Sep 2022 — Correspondence from the Chief Executive of NHS England on Workforce: recruitme…