Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to foster a learning culture and service improvement mindset across all career pathways in the NHS, in particular through education and training for existing staff.

Individual employers are responsible for ensuring their staff are trained and competent to carry out their role, and for investing in the future of their staff through providing continuing professional development (CPD) funding.

To supplement local employer investment for CPD, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out NHS England’s commitment to continue national CPD funding for nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals. The operation of this scheme will be kept under review, to ensure subsequent funding is in line with workforce growth and inflation, well targeted and achieving the desired outcomes.

There are a variety of resources available on the NHS England E-learning for Health platform designed to enhance the training and education of the health and social care workforce.