The health care workforce in England

In advance of the publication of the NHS long-term plan, the Health Foundation, The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust have developed this joint briefing which highlights the scale of workforce challenges now facing the health service and the threat this poses to the delivery and quality of care over the next 10 years.

The briefing sets out the reasons why the long-term plan and supporting workforce strategy must address the urgent and mounting challenges facing the health care workforce.

This will be followed in the coming weeks by a more in-depth report that explores five key levers available nationally and locally that could help ameliorate the workforce crisis affecting both health and social care.