Asked by: Claudia Webbe (Independent - Leicester East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure adequate staffing levels within NHS organisations across Leicester and Leicestershire.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP), published on 30 June 2023, sets out the steps the National Health Service and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. It will put the workforce on a sustainable footing for the long term.
The Government is backing the plan with over £2.4 billion over the next five years to fund additional education and training places. This is on top of increases to education and training investment, reaching a record £6.1 billion over the next two years.
By significantly expanding domestic education, training and recruitment, we will have more healthcare professionals working in the NHS. This will include more doctors and nurses alongside an expansion in a range of other professions, including more staff working in new roles. The LTWP also commits to retaining our workforce, keeping up to 130,000 more staff in the NHS by improving culture, leadership and wellbeing.
As of September 2023, there are currently 15,654 full time equivalent (FTE) staff working in University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. This is 1,143 or 7.9% more than this time last year. This includes 2,219 FTE doctors, 180 or 8.8% more than last year, and 3,998 FTE nurses, 349 or 9.6% more than last year.
Written Evidence May. 28 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: 10,000 to 24,000 more undergraduate nurses every year.
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to assess the adequacy of staffing levels in public health.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
In October 2022, Health Education England carried out the fifth national census to capture the size and composition of the public health workforce in England. The scope of the 2022 census was expanded to include additional roles beyond specialists, including public health practitioners, advanced practitioners, specialist community public health nurses, including school nurses and health visitors, and public health apprentices. NHS England plans to conduct the next capacity review of the public health workforce in 2025, and will work with the Department to define the scope of the review.
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out the steps the National Health Service and its partners need to take to deliver a health workforce that meets the needs of the population. This includes a commitment to provide 13% more public health specialist training places from 2023/24, and for the NHS to work with the Department to address demand and supply of the public health workforce in future years.
Written Evidence Jan. 24 2024
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)Found: Our dementia specialist nurses, called Admiral Nurses, who we continually support and develop, provide
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Written Evidence May. 28 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: The plan’s ambition to increase training places for nurses and doctors is very welcome, however,
Mentions:
1: Lord Crisp (XB - Life peer) the Myanmar clinicians who were supporting them from this country through the internet and through training - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bshp - Bishops) Although I certainly echo the congratulations to the UK Government on a number of impactful training - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) All that sits alongside the training we offer to improve their skills, expertise and capacity.The UK - Speech Link
Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: by developing national guidelines, influencing policy, and delivering national resuscitation training
Fund training for A&E staff on Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
- Final Signatures: 92
We believe patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndromes EDS (hEDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) aren’t receiving the care and support they need through all A&E departments. There needs to be more extensive training on this condition for doctors and nurses to provide adequate care.
Found: We would like the Government to fund training on Ehlers Danlos to all Doctors and nurses so that correct
Written Evidence Mar. 12 2024
Inquiry: Education and Careers in Land-based SectorsFound: needed from Government to develop and deliver a long -term workforce plan for veterinary surgeons and nurses