2nd Report - The nursing workforce
- HC No.
- HC 353
- Published
- 26 Jan 2018
- Items
- 0
- Government response
- Government response published 23 July 2018. Read the government's response ↗
Select committee: Health and Social Care Committee
Nursing workforce inquiry
Closed
Opened 13 Sep 2017
Closed 13 Sep 2017
Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The Committee will look at the current and future scale of the shortfall of nursing staff and whether the Government and responsible bodies have effective plans to recruit, train and retain this vital workforce. This inquiry will assess the impact of new routes into nursing (including student funding reforms, the Apprenticeship Levy, Nurse First and nursing associates). In particular, the inquiry will examine the effect of changes to funding arrangements for nurse training, including the withdrawal of bursaries, and consider alternative funding models and incentives. The Committee would like to receive suggestions for how policymakers could optimize the potential of new routes into nursing, as well as how they might retain and deploy existing staff more effectively. The Committee is also interested in the impact of language testing and Brexit.
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 13 September 2017.
The committee has published 1 report, most recently 2nd Report - The nursing workforce on 26 January 2018.
The government's response
Published 23 July 2018.
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government welcomes the Committee's report and says it agrees on several points, including the need for retention support and "robust, timely and publicly available data" on nursing vacancies.
- On retention, it agrees it is "essential to have a robust programme to support trusts in retaining their staff", and says a second year of the NHS Improvement and NHS Employers programme starts in July 2018.
- On continuing professional development, it welcomes the Committee's commentary and agrees it is "a very important issue", but says it is "continuing to consider" the recommendations and will set out potential options "as soon as possible".
- On nursing associates, it does not want to set out a list of tasks they can and cannot perform, as this "will be too restrictive". It agrees further guidance on deployment should be developed, to be available by January 2019 when the first nursing associates are expected to be registered.
- On overseas recruitment, it says Health Education England "has committed to rapidly delivering this programme at scale", with the aim of recruiting over 1,000 nurses per year from 2018/19 onwards.
Reports
- 2nd Report - The nursing workforce26 January 2018
Evidence
- 3 oral evidence sessionsLatest 28 November 2017
- 111 written submissions
Recent activity
- Government response to the Committee's Second Report: The nursing workforce23 July 2018, Report published
- Correspondence from the Minister of State for Health relating to the Committee’s report on the nursing workforce6 June 2018, Correspondence
- 2nd Report - The nursing workforce26 January 2018, Report published
Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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Written evidence
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| Reference | Date | Submitter |
|---|---|---|
| NWO0128 | 12 Jan 2018 | Nurses from Nottingham University Hospitals |
| NWO0127 | 12 Jan 2018 | NHS Improvement |
| NWO0129 | 12 Jan 2018 | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| NWO0125 | 18 Dec 2017 | Paediatric Continence Forum |
| NWO0126 | 18 Dec 2017 | Royal College of Nursing |
| NWO0122 | 1 Dec 2017 | Baroness Audrey Emerton |
| NWO0113 | 1 Dec 2017 | Royal College of Nursing |
| NWO0124 | 1 Dec 2017 | NHS Professionals |
| NWO0121 | 1 Dec 2017 | Department of Health |
| NWO0120 | 10 Nov 2017 | Sir Robert Francis |
| NWO0118 | 7 Nov 2017 | Recruitment & Employment Confederation |
| NWO0014 | 7 Nov 2017 | RN, BSN, MSN, GNP-BC, CWOCN Jennifer Hurlow |
| NWO0109 | 7 Nov 2017 | NHS Partners Network & AIHO |
| NWO0097 | 3 Nov 2017 | The Health Foundation |
| NWO0117 | 30 Oct 2017 | Sheffield Hallam University |
| NWO0116 | 30 Oct 2017 | Richard Twyford |
| NWO0115 | 30 Oct 2017 | Bupa UK |
| NWO0114 | 30 Oct 2017 | The Shelford Group |
| NWO0112 | 30 Oct 2017 | The King’s Fund |
| NWO0111 | 30 Oct 2017 | Carter Consulting |
| NWO0110 | 30 Oct 2017 | Care Quality Commission |
| NWO0108 | 30 Oct 2017 | Marie Curie |
| NWO0106 | 30 Oct 2017 | Prostate Cancer UK |
| NWO0105 | 30 Oct 2017 | Kings College London |
| NWO0104 | 30 Oct 2017 | Ms Vasanta Suddock |
| NWO0103 | 30 Oct 2017 | Liezl Camacho |
| NWO0102 | 30 Oct 2017 | Mr Febin Cyriac |
| NWO0101 | 30 Oct 2017 | Diabetes UK |
| NWO0100 | 30 Oct 2017 | Professor Alison Leary |
| NWO0099 | 30 Oct 2017 | Mrs Debbie Brown |
| NWO0098 | 30 Oct 2017 | Unite the Union |
| NWO0096 | 30 Oct 2017 | Mr William Preece |
| NWO0095 | 30 Oct 2017 | Nuffield Trust |
| NWO0094 | 30 Oct 2017 | Chartered Society of Physiotherapy |
| NWO0093 | 30 Oct 2017 | Breast Cancer Now |
| NWO0092 | 30 Oct 2017 | Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| NWO0091 | 30 Oct 2017 | Skills for Care |
| NWO0090 | 30 Oct 2017 | Capital Nurse |
| NWO0089 | 30 Oct 2017 | Department of Health |
| NWO0087 | 30 Oct 2017 | Macmillan Cancer Support |
| NWO0086 | 30 Oct 2017 | Registered Nursing Home Association |
| NWO0084 | 30 Oct 2017 | NHS Employers |
| NWO0082 | 30 Oct 2017 | AIHO and NHSPN |
| NWO0080 | 30 Oct 2017 | Mrs Maria Biju |
| NWO0079 | 30 Oct 2017 | The Florence Nightingale Foundation |
| NWO0078 | 30 Oct 2017 | Bliss |
| NWO0076 | 30 Oct 2017 | NHS Providers |
| NWO0075 | 30 Oct 2017 | National Mental Health Nurse Directors Forum |
| NWO0074 | 30 Oct 2017 | Cheshire And Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| NWO0073 | 30 Oct 2017 | Nursing and Midwifery Council |
Correspondence
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| Published | Direction | Letter |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Jun 2018 | Not recorded | Correspondence from the Minister of State for Health relating to the Committee’s report on the nursing workforce |