Reading between the lines of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (February 2024)

Summary

This blog identifies important features of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan and looks at how focussing on these areas might help systems and providers develop their own plans and take agency to solve local challenges. The author, Nick Richmond, spotlights the following aspects of the plan:

• ‘All levers at all levels’ approach
• Diverse time frames for different levers
• The ‘train’ actions are the most significant investment in domestic supply ever
• The plan is integrated with service and financial planning – future demand is ‘owned’ by the government and the NHS.