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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. 

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This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Wednesday 19 January 2022.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Third Report - Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care
Work Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care (Inquiry), and Expert Panel: evaluation of Government’s commitments in the area of the health and social care workforce in England (Non-inquiry session)
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Response to this report
Sixth Special Report - Government Response to the Committee’s Report on Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care
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Sixth Special Report - Government Response to the Committee’s Report on Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care
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Third Special Report - Expert Panel: evaluation of Government’s commitments in the area of the health and social care workforce in England
Work Expert Panel: evaluation of Government’s commitments in the area of the health and social care workforce in England (Non-inquiry session), and Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care (Inquiry)
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Correspondence

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Correspondence from the Chief Executive of NHS England on Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in the NHS and Social Care dated 10.08.22
Inquiry Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care
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Oral evidence transcripts

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28 June 2022
Inquiry Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care
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7 June 2022
Inquiry Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care
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24 May 2022
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Written evidence

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William Palmer (Senior Fellow at The Nuffield Trust) (RTR0163)
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Duncan Rudkin (Chief Executive and Registrar at General Pharmaceutical Council) (RTR0160)
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Department of Health and Social Care (RTR0161)
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