Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will publish its Health and Care Workforce Strategy at the same time as the (a) Green Paper on long-term healthcare and (b) NHS Long Term Plan.

The long-term plan for the National Health Service is backed by a five-year budget settlement to make sure it is on a sustainable path to deliver world class care in the future. We will be increasing the NHS budget by an extra £20.5 billion a year, or £394 million a week, by 2023/24. As part of this plan, the NHS will set out how it plans to grow, support and develop its workforce. Our Green Paper on the future of adult social care will also include a strategy for its workforce.