Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department will maintain its commitment to publishing a long-term NHS workforce plan by the end of 2022; and whether that plan will be underpinned by multi-year funding.

In January 2022, the Department commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan to follow the NHS People Plan. The plan is due for completion by the end of 2022 and its key conclusions will be available in due course. The plan will be used to inform how we can meet the future needs of patients and the National Health Service workforce. Funding plans beyond the current Spending Review period will be subject to the outcome of future Spending Reviews.