Committees

Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care

Inquiry

Reasons behind staff leaving the health and social care sectors and how to tackle them will be examined in a new inquiry. Workforce recruitment and training will also be explored.

The Committee has heard repeatedly that more staff will be needed to meet future demand and deal with the backlog caused by the pandemic. Existing staff shortages affect the current delivery of services to patients. 

Learn more about the inquiry.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Wednesday 19 January 2022.

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Past events

Tuesday 28 June 2022
11:00am Private
11:05am Public
Oral evidence session 28 June 2022
Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care - Oral evidence
11:05am
  • Chevonne Baker (Care Worker at Right at Home UK)
The future of General Practice - Oral evidence
11:20am
  • Saffron Cordery (Interim Chief Executive at NHS Providers)
  • Sarah Sweeney (Head of Policy at National Voices)
  • Matthew Taylor (Chief Executive at NHS Confederation)
12:00pm
  • Dr Claire Fuller (Chief Executive-designate at Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System)
  • Dr Hugh Porter (GP and Clinical Director at Nottingham City Integrated Care Partnership)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 7 June 2022
4:00pm Private
4:05pm Public
Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care - Oral evidence 7 June 2022
4:05pm
  • Amanda Pritchard (Chief Executive at NHS England)
  • Professor Stephen Powis (National Medical Director at NHS England)
4:45pm
  • Rt Hon Sajid Javid (Secretary of State at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Matthew Style (Director General for NHS Policy and Performance Group at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Michelle Dyson (Director General for Adult Social Care at Department of Health and Social Care)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 24 May 2022
10:00am Public
Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care - Oral evidence 24 May 2022
10:00am
  • Ravi Sharma (Director for England at Royal Pharmaceutical Society)
  • Dr Denise Chaffer (President at Royal College of Nursing)
  • Gill Walton (Chief Executive at Royal College of Midwives)
  • Shawn Charlwood (Chair at British Dental Association General Practice Committee)
10:40am
  • Ian Trenholm (Chief Executive at Care Quality Commission (CQC))
  • Simon Williams (Director of Social Care Improvement at Local Government Association)
11:20am
  • Danny Mortimer (Chief Executive at NHS Employers)
  • Dr Navina Evans (Chief Executive at Health Education England)
  • Professor Em Wilkinson-Brice (Acting Chief People Officer at NHS England)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 11 May 2022
2:00pm Private
2:15pm Public
Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care - Oral evidence 11 May 2022
2:15pm
  • Trevor Wright, lived experience witness
  • Isaac Samuels, Health and social care community campaigner and social care recipient
  • Sophie Weaver, Town councillor and social care recipient
2:45pm
  • Professor Roger Kirby (President at Royal Society of Medicine)
  • Professor Colin Melville (Medical Director and Director of Education and Standards at General Medical Council)
  • Dr Latifa Patel (Interim Chair at British Medical Association (BMA))
  • Professor Malcolm Reed (Lead Co-Chair at Medical Schools Council)
3:30pm
  • Lara Akinnawonu (Medical Student and Co-Chair of the BMA Medical Student Committee at Cardiff University)
  • Professor Hazel Scott (Dean of the School of Medicine at University of Liverpool)
  • Professor Scott Wilkes (Head of School of Medicine and Professor of General Practice and Primary Care at University of Sunderland)
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House

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