Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
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We remain very concerned about the critical shortages across the NHS workforce and the Department’s repeated delays in publishing a strategy to address them. Workforce shortages are widespread across the NHS, and particularly acute in some specialisms, for example midwifery. This can result in unsafe care for patients. This is …
Government response. The government agrees with the recommendation and will publish a long-term workforce plan for the NHS in 2023.
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Recommendation
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NHS funded dental care is in crisis in some parts of the country, and NHS England’s failure to ensure people can access routine dental care is leading to more acute dental health problems. NHS England, rather than ICSs, remains responsible for most NHS dentistry but in some parts of the …
Government response. The government agrees with the committee’s recommendation and sets out the funding intended for NHS dentistry in 2022/23 and 2023/24. The government outlines several measures taken to secure recovery of dental access, improve accessibility and indicates people can attend any …
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Conclusion
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On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department of Health & Social Care (the Department) and NHS England about the introduction of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) in England.1
Government response. The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation and states Integrated Care Systems will provide tangible benefits for local population, including the delivery of commitments that are set out in the government’s mandate to the NHS England and accompanying documents.
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Conclusion
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The threadbare provision of NHS funded dental care is a further example of a failure to provide preventative or protective routine care leading to more acute health problems.24 NHS England, rather than ICSs, remains responsible for most of NHS dentistry provision in England.25 In some parts of the country it …
Government response. The government agrees with the committee's concerns and states that securing recovery of dental access is a key NHS priority, outlining existing measures such as funding allocations and reforms to the national dental contract.
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Conclusion
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However, NHS England was unable to tell us how many more dentists it expected these reforms to produce, or by when they would appear. It told us that a sustainable solution required further engagement with the dental profession on the longer-term elements such as workforce and contract reform.29 NHS England …
Government response. The government agrees with the committee's concerns and states that securing recovery of dental access is a key NHS priority, outlining existing measures such as funding allocations and reforms to the national dental contract.
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Recommendation
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We have been raising concerns about the lack of long-term planning for the NHS workforce since well before the COVID-19 pandemic52. We have noted that among comparable OECD countries the UK has relatively low numbers of nurses and doctors per 1,000 population.53 The Department has repeatedly failed to make good …
Government response. The government commits to publishing a long-term workforce plan for the NHS in 2023.
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