The Ward Round: Moving from hope to commitment
The need to plan ahead when it comes to the workforce should not have been a novel idea. In February, former health secretary Jeremy Hunt branded the government’s failure to publish precise workforce figures for the future “a joke” (although, long-term projections were not published during his tenure as health secretary either). And, of course, the recent government white paper contained a new requirement for the health secretary to publish a report every Parliament setting out “greater clarity” around workforce planning responsibilities. Workforce experts are calling for long-term ...
Source: hsj.co.uk