Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received from Monitor regarding the case for increasing training places for doctors and nurses since 2010.

The Department has not received any specific representations from Monitor regarding increasing the number of training places for doctors and nurses.

Health Education England (HEE) is responsible for workforce planning for the National Health Service and as part of that process liaise with all arms length bodies, including Monitor, individual healthcare providers and key stakeholders regards medical and non medical staffing requirements going forward.

The Department set up HEE to deliver a better health and healthcare workforce for England. HEE is responsible for ensuring a secure workforce supply for the future balancing need against demand, taking into account factors such as the age profile of the existing workforce, the impact of technology, and new drugs.