More than 70 health and care organisations have written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting telling him they ‘stand ready’ to offer their considerable expertise as they call for meaningful engagement on the development of the 10 year workforce plan.
The letter (below) requests ‘productive and accessible’ engagement between the sector, the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England on the development of the 10 Year Workforce Plan for the NHS which is due to be published later this year.
The group, which consists of 74 health and care organisations and charities representing hundreds of thousands of patients and NHS staff, say that it is crucial to establish a robust engagement process and allow the time required to produce a credible plan, with stakeholder buy-in and an accompanying implementation plan.