Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the long-term health and care workforce strategy will include specific projections of required staffing numbers based on the care needs of the public in the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 15 years.

The Department commissioned NHS England and NHS Improvement to develop a long-term workforce plan for the next 15 years, including supply and demand projections. The plan will supplement the NHS People Plan and the Elective Recovery Plan and align with the priorities in Health Education England’s forthcoming ‘Framework-15’.