Recommendation 21

We therefore recommend that the Government include in the Bill, provisions to require Health Education England to publish objective, transparent and independent annual reports on workforce shortages and future staffing requirements that cover the next five, ten and twenty years including an assessment of whether sufficient numbers are being trained. We further recommend that such workforce projections cover social care as well as the NHS given the close links between the two systems. These reports should include input from staff, NHS bodies and unions, and content on the sufficiency of training should be reviewed by independent experts prior to publication.