It is vital that the Government ensures the 10 Year Workforce Plan delivers for Community Mental Health Services. Workforce growth must be aligned with service transformation to ensure that new roles are sustainable and integrated across settings. This must take account of all of the partners involved in the delivery of CMHS, ensuring alignment of workforce planning across the NHS with local authorities and the VCFSE sector, to support integrated service delivery and reduce fragmentation. (Recommendation, Paragraph 195) 79