Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of staff shortages in the NHS by number and position.
Health Education England (HEE) provide estimates of staff shortages as part of their Workforce Plan for England publication. The latest figures are available at the following link.
https://hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Workforce%20Plan%20for%20England%202016-17.pdf
HEE plan to publish the Workforce Plan for England 2017/18 in due course.