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Workforce plan

Non-inquiry session

MPs will examine the newly published Long Term Workforce Plan and the extent to which it will address challenges facing the NHS. Professor Stephen Powis, NHS England’s National Medical Director, will face questions in a topical evidence session.

Also before the Committee, the Chief Executive of the General Medical Council and representatives of two Royal Colleges. Former doctor Adam Kay will also give evidence. Among areas to be considered, changes to training, including shortened programmes, measures to improve retention and the greater use of apprenticeships.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:00am on 19 July 2023.

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Past events

Wednesday 12 July 2023
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Workforce plan - Oral evidence 12 July 2023
2:30pm
  • Charley Massey (Chief Executive and Registrar at General Medical Council)
  • Patricia Marquis (England Director at Royal College of Nursing)
  • Professor Kamila Hawthorne (Chair at Royal College of General Practitioners Council)
  • Alex Whitfield (Chief Executive at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust)
  • Adam Kay, writer and former doctor
3:15pm
  • Professor Stephen Powis (National Medical Director at NHS England)
  • Dr Navina Evans (Chief Workforce, Education and Training Officer at NHS England)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

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  • Email: hsccom@parliament.uk
  • Address: Health and Social Care Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA