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Foreword 4
Overview 7
Summary 12
The case for change 13
Putting the workforce on a sustainable footing for the long term 15
Longer term assessment of actions needed to support change 17
Education and training expansion 18
Impact of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan 21
Scope and key considerations 22
Next steps 24
1. The case for change 26
The scale of the challenge 34
2. Train – Growing the workforce 38
Overview 38
Apprenticeship expansion 50
Anchor institutions – the role of NHS organisations in their local communities 52
Recruitment and supply 53
Leveraging the impact of volunteers 56
3. Retain – Embedding the right culture and improving retention 58
Overview 58
We are compassionate and inclusive.60
We are recognised and rewarded 61
We have a voice that counts 62
We are safe and healthy 63
We are always learning65
We work flexibly 66
We are a team 68
4. Reform – Working and training differently 70
Overview 70
Shift skills and capacity into community 72
Digital and technological innovations 72
Bringing people into the workforce more efficiently 77
Educating and training the workforce differently 79
Enablers supporting education and training expansion and reform 88
The step change needed in education and training planning 90
Optimising multidisciplinary teams 90
Upskilling the workforce 101
5. Next steps 106
Delivering and embedding the Plan into our new NHS structures 106
ICSs will play a critical role 107
Planning over the long term requires an adaptable approach 108
Ongoing refinement of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan 110
Annex A: Organisations engaged in forming the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan 112
Annex B: Modelling approach and assessment 114
Definitions 114
Timelines and granularity 116
Supply projections counterfactual 117
Demand projections counterfactual 119
Interventions modelling 120
Sensitivity analysis 121
Modelling outputs 122
Annex C: Education and training 126
Modelling 126
Implementation 132
Annex D: Abbreviations 133
References 135
