Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care

Health and Social Care Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 23 Nov 2021 Closed: 26 Apr 2023 Parliament page
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 … Read more
38 Recommendations
35 Conclusions
1 Report
6 Oral sessions
1 Letter
6 Events
Activity timeline 15 events
21 Apr
2023
Report published
6 Sep
2022
Correspondence
25 Jul
2022
Report published
28 Jun
2022
Oral evidence
28 Jun
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
7 Jun
2022
Oral evidence
7 Jun
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
24 May
2022
Oral evidence
24 May
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
11 May
2022
Oral evidence
11 May
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
22 Mar
2022
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 6 sessions
28 Jun 2022
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Chevonne Baker · Right at Home UK Dr Claire Fuller · Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System Dr Hugh Porter · Nottingham City Integrated Care Partnership Matthew Taylor · Good Work Review Saffron Cordery · NHS Providers Sarah Sweeney · National Voices
7 Jun 2022
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Amanda Pritchard · NHS England Matthew Style · Department of Health and Social Care Michelle Dyson · Department for Education Professor Stephen Powis · NHS England Rt Hon Sajid Javid · Department of Health and Social Care
24 May 2022
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Danny Mortimer · NHS Employers Dr Denise Chaffer · Royal College of Nursing Dr Navina Evans · NHS England Gill Walton · Royal College of Midwives Ian Trenholm · Care Quality Commission (CQC) Professor Em Wilkinson-Brice · NHS England Ravi Sharma · Royal Pharmaceutical Society Shawn Charlwood · British Dental Association (BDA) General Dental Practice Committee Simon Williams · Local Government Association
11 May 2022
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Dr Latifa Patel · British Medical Association (BMA) Isaac Samuels, Health and social care community campaigner and social care recipient Lara Akinnawonu · Cardiff University Professor Colin Melville · General Medical Council Professor Hazel Scott · University of Liverpool Professor Malcolm Reed · Medical Schools Council Professor Roger Kirby · Royal Society of Medicine Professor Scott Wilkes · University of Sunderland Sophie Weaver, Town councillor and social care recipient Trevor Wright, lived experience witness
22 Mar 2022
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Dr Vishal Sharma · Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust Dr Wen Wang · University of Leicester Jacqui McBurnie · NHS England and NHS Improvement Menopause Group Nina Hemmings · Nuffield Trust Prema Fairburn-Dorai · Primary Homecare in Suffolk Professor Carol Atkinson · Manchester Metropolitan University Professor Carol Woodhams · University of Surrey Professor Dame Clare Gerada · NHS Practitioner Health Shilpa Ross · The King's Fund Wayne Jaffe · University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
1 Mar 2022
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Chris Hopson · NHS England Dr Emma Hayward · University of Leicester Gamu Nyasoro · Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Jane Ashcroft CBE · Anchor Hanover Lara Bywater · LDC Care Nicola McQueen · NHS Professionals Oonagh Smyth · Skills for Care Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard · University of Birmingham Rachael Dodgson · Dimensions Sarah McClinton · Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report - Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in… HC 115 25 Jul 2022 73 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
4 results
Clear
30 Recommendation Accepted in Part
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UK medical school places require significant increase of 5,000 annually.
In the absence of an independent mechanism to assess the increase necessary, we agree with the recommendation of the Medical Schools Council and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges that the number of medical school places in the UK should … Read more
Government Response
The government partially accepted the recommendation, noting it had already funded an additional 1,500 medical school places and temporarily lifted caps, and stated that a forthcoming Long Term Workforce Plan will set out actions to ensure sufficient staff, but it did not commit to the recommended increase of 5,000 places.
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37 Recommendation Accepted in Part
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Temporary, bank, and agency staff require full access to NHS training.
NHS England must ensure that temporary, bank, and agency staff are given full access to NHS training to allow them to level up their skills, to ensure that they are able to sign up for additional shifts. (Paragraph 141) Working … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees in part to provide better training and career development pathways in social care to drive recruitment and retention and commits to improving knowledge, skills, health and wellbeing and recruitment policies, providing resources through Skills for Care, and removing barriers to collaborative planning and working.
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69 Recommendation Accepted in Part
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Decrease Health and Care Worker visa salary requirements and add care workers to shortage list.
The Government should report on how many care workers have been issued with Health and Care Worker visas since the scheme was launched. The salary requirement for the visa should be decreased to the average salary for a social care … Read more
Government Response
The government reported that 56,900 care worker visas were granted in 2022, noting that care workers were added to the Health and Care Visa and Shortage Occupation List in February 2022. However, they rejected the recommendation to reduce the minimum salary requirement, citing it as a cornerstone of the Points Based System.
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71 Conclusion Accepted in Part
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Review NHS recruitment contracts to eliminate punitive repayment clauses for international staff.
The NHS must undertake a review of its recruitment processes to ensure that no international health and care staff are being subject to punitive repayment clauses in their contracts. Those who are subject to repayment clauses must be released from … Read more
Government Response
NHS England (NHSE) requires all trusts to follow the UK Ethical Code of Practice, which has been updated to ensure repayment clauses are transparent, proportionate, flexible, and taper down over time. NHSE will continue to explore further guidance with partners.
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Government Response AI assessment · 48 of 38 classified
Accepted 6
Accepted in Part 4
Acknowledged 13
Deferred 5
Not Addressed 9
Rejected 11
Total 38 recs + 35 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
6 Sep 2022 Correspondence from the Chief Executive of NHS England on Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in the NHS and Social Care dated 10.08.22
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