Select Committee · Health and Social Care Committee

Delivering the Neighbourhood Health Service: Workforce

Status: Open Opened: 19 Nov 2025

The aim of this project is to gather evidence ahead of the development of the NHS long term workforce plans, with a focus on what the plan should contain to support the Government's aim to shift the delivery of a greater proportion of healthcare services to neighbourhood and community settings.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
26 Nov 2025 Amandeep Doll · Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Karen Poole · Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, Karin Orman · Royal College of Occupational Therapists, Professor Kamila Hawthorne · Royal College of General Practitioners, Richard Evans OBE · Allied Health Professionals Federation Board, Steph Lawrence · The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing, Tanya Rumney · British Dietetic Association (BDA) View ↗

Who gave evidence

7 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Amandeep Doll · Director for England Royal Pharmaceutical Society 1
Karen Poole · Physiotherapist and Allied Health Professional Re… Chartered Society of Physiotherapy 1
Karin Orman · Director of Practice & Innovation Royal College of Occupational Therapists 1
Professor Kamila Hawthorne · Chair of Council Royal College of General Practitioners 1
Richard Evans OBE · Chair Allied Health Professionals Federation Board 1
Steph Lawrence · Chief Executive The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing 1
Tanya Rumney · Workforce Lead British Dietetic Association (BDA) 1

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
20 May 2026 Correspondence from Minister Smyth - 10 Year Workforce Plan and Neighbourhood H…
8 Jan 2026 Correspondence to the Department - Long Term Workforce Plan and Neighbourhood H…
7 Jan 2026 Correspondence from the Association on UK Dietitians - Delivering the Neighbour…