Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they still intend to have invested £2.4 billion in total from 2023–24 to 2028–29 to fund additional education and training places for healthcare professionals, as set out in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan factsheet, published on 30 June 2023; and how they plan to split the investment across each of those financial years.

The Government has been clear that the 2023 Long Term Workforce Plan was undeliverable and based on outdated models of care. We have committed to publishing the 10 Year Workforce Plan in spring 2026, which will represent a departure from previous plans and instead set out action to create a sustainable workforce fit for the future.

The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the National Health Service has the right people in the right places, with the right skills to care for patients, when they need it. We are committed to working with partners to ensure the Plan meets its aims and will engage independent experts to make sure the Plan is ambitious, forward looking and evidence based.