Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 105008

NHS: Staff

Tabled: 12 January 2026
Answered: 20 January 2026

Question

Dr Kieran Mullan

ConservativeBexhill and Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking you ensure that NHS workforce planning in England, including for the upcoming 10-year Workforce Plan, is independent and regular.

Answer

Karin Smyth
We have committed to publishing regular workforce planning. This will start with the 10 Year Workforce Plan, which will include updated workforce modelling and its underlying assumptions when published in spring 2026. The updated workforce modelling will ...

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