Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to incorporate the (a) national stroke service model and (b) integrated community stroke service model within the integrated urgent and emergency care workforce plans.

Workforce planning to meet appropriate care quality standards is a matter for the National Health Service.

We have commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term plan for the NHS workforce for the next 15 years. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will look at the mix and number of staff across all parts of the country and will set out the actions and reforms that will be needed to reduce supply gaps and improve retention.