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The health select committee that there needs to be an independent review of workforce planning on a regular basis so that we can build a sustainable future, we have enough staff to do that service. as you suggest, the current staff are under a huge amount of pressure. they have done absolute marvels in terms of being able to treat patients with covid. at the same time, we have not been able to do routine care. in order to do that, we need to invest in our staff to have appropriate staff across a whole range of disciplines to be able to provide that care. we need to do that in a way that is pla...

September, 5.8 me and people were waiting for planned care. 300,000 had waited more than a year for treatment and 12,000 had waited more than two years. it's claimed a long—term plan is needed along with tens of thousands of extra workers. otherwise staff will quit. what tens of thousands of extra workers. otherwise staff will quit.— otherwise staff will quit. what they want to know _ otherwise staff will quit. what they want to know if _ otherwise staff will quit. what they want to know if there _ otherwise staff will quit. what they want to know if there is _ otherwise staff will quit. w...

You can't solve these problems overnight, but what they want to know is that there is a plan for the future. that it's worth them staying in the profession. and that's why a massive overhaul of our workforce planning, which is frankly broken at the moment, is a top priority that we recommend. the committee is also urging the government to publish an independent assessment of projected staff numbers every two years. the government has said it has committed billions of pounds to tackling the backlog and is planning to recruit an extra 50,000 nurses by the end of the parliament. sophie hutchinson...

Interference the labour party have said they are concerned that there is no plan here to address the huge staff shortages that still exist within the health service. are you worried about having enough people to try and do the work needed? 5tht having enough people to try and do the work needed?— the work needed? staff are clearly im ortant. the work needed? staff are clearly important- the _ the work needed? staff are clearly important. the royal— the work needed? staff are clearly important. the royal college - the work needed? staff are clearly important. the royal college of i importan...

Funding for maternity care. there wasn't enough money available. >> there's always pressures on funding. in all health systems because of the aging population now, of course the pandemic pressures. but i think if you ask people in the nhs today, they would say that staffing shortfalls is a bigger issue. sometimes they have the money to pay for the doctors, nurses, midwives, but they can't find the people to do the roles. that is because over very many years, we haven't been training enough doctors and nurses. we set up five new medical, schools but that may not have been enough. we need to hav...