Select committee: Health and Social Care Committee
Conclusion 20
First Report - The Government’s White Paper proposals for the reform of Health and Social Care
Published 14 May 2021
Paragraph 86
Addressed to Department of Health and Social Care
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
We do not believe that the duty to publish an update on the roles and responsibilities once every five years is an adequate response to workforce shortages that are endemic in the NHS. We are very sympathetic to the detailed joint proposal from the Kings Fund, Health Foundation and Nuffield Trust to place a duty in the Bill to produce annual workforce projections. Equally, we welcome similar proposals submitted by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Royal College of Nursing. The detail in both proposals is key to ensuring that the Department and NHS England can develop strategies to adequately staff health and social care in the short, medium and longer term
From: Health and Social Care Committee, First Report - The Government’s White Paper proposals for the reform of Health and Social Care (HC 20), paragraph 86, 14 May 2021
Government response
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