Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Third Report - Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care
Health and Social Care Committee
HC 115
Published 25 July 2022
Recommendations
9
Deferred
Para 58
Require Government to publish funded maternity workforce plan matching RCOG staffing levels within six months.
Recommendation
There is an urgent need for a robust and funded maternity-wide workforce plan, which must be delivered without further delay. The Government must commit to funding, recruiting, and retaining the workforce at the level set out by the forthcoming report …
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Government Response Summary
The government agreed with the need for robust workforce planning and committed to publishing an NHS England Long Term Workforce Plan shortly, which will include projections, but did not commit to specific funding and recruitment levels or the six-month plan based on the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' forthcoming report.
Department of Health and Social Care
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10
Deferred
Para 59
Require Government to publish detailed plan for £200-350 million additional maternity funding within six months.
Recommendation
The Government has accepted the recommendation, first made by this committee and then by the Ockenden report, that maternity services should be funded by an additional £200–350 million per annum. The Government must lay before Parliament, within six months, a …
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Government Response Summary
The government did not provide the requested spending plan or commitment to lay one before Parliament within six months, instead redirecting the committee to previously published responses to expert panel evaluations on maternity workforce.
Department of Health and Social Care
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60
Deferred
Para 197
Publish a fully costed plan for funding Level 5 diplomas for care home managers.
Recommendation
It is clear that some care home managers lack the training and support they need to stay in post. We welcome the Government’s commitment to fund Level 5 diplomas for those who need them, and we urge the Government to …
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Government Response Summary
The government broadly agrees, stating it has published plans for workforce reform in the ‘People at the Heart of Care’ white paper and will set out more detailed plans, including for training, in due course.
Department of Health and Social Care
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61
Deferred
Para 201
Introduce a new mandatory Care Certificate by 2023, formally assessed and portable.
Recommendation
By 2023, the Government must introduce a new, mandatory Care Certificate which is i) subject to a formal assessment process, ii) externally offered and accredited, iii) offered at no cost to providers, and iv) portable between social care providers and …
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Government Response Summary
The government broadly agrees, referencing its workforce reform plans in the ‘People at the Heart of Care’ white paper, which include reforming the Care Certificate for portability, and will set out more detailed plans in due course.
Department of Health and Social Care
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Conclusions (1)
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Conclusion
Deferred
Para 219
Social care workers should be designated as key workers on the same basis as public sector employees so they can access affordable rented housing from local authorities and registered providers.
Government Response Summary
The government is committed to supporting access to affordable housing but states there is no single national definition of key workers for this purpose, empowering local authorities to make these decisions for their areas.