We’ve been waiting for an NHS Workforce Plan for at least 4 years, if not a decade. The delays are actively contributing to staffing shortages, now estimated to be 154,000 with, staggeringly, a further projected deficit of 571,000 by 2036. That’s existential threat territory.
@markbritnell I offered my services for free to the NHS as a volunteer did everything tests, DB, interview nobody got back to me I was chasing between HR and the Trust. It seems a lot easier to get a job in the NHS had I applied from overseas. But hay ho that's the way it is....
@markbritnell Absolutely; will it truly be a “strategy” as there is an imperative for it to be unique and differentiated from previous efforts.....which may last have appeared over 10 years ago as you say
@markbritnell Why has it taken so long for NHS Chiefs to start saying something? Have they all collectively been asleep this last decade plus? Are comms and meeting minutes from CEO’s to DoH FOI’able? How many CEO meetings explicitly discussed lack of manpower? All a bit late.
@markbritnell Indeed and not negotiating with junior doctors to get a better pay deal and a pay rise when around the world they can earn a lot more is not going to help. Bottom line if you want to earn more in UK as a doctor only option is leave and work abroad where you are valued more
@markbritnell @VincentCantrill Reminded of this article. 'Government is refusing to fund single place at Three Counties Medical School, University of Worcester, despite health bosses in area saying they are spending £70m a year on agency staff to plug a chronic shortage of doctors.' theguardian.com/education/2023…
@markbritnell @ElliH53 People don't seem to realise that this is not just a threat to the NHS as we know it (bad enough) but to any kind of healthcare in the UK. We simply are not training, retaining & enabling enough staff to do the most crucial clinical & nursing jobs.
@markbritnell At least a decade. The biggest employer in Europe has no workforce plan. It’s beyond disgraceful.
@markbritnell Existential threat is the plan isn’t it? Why are you pretending you don’t know that it is? theguardian.com/politics/2011/…
@markbritnell @simunch1 Yes , we hear you , but you know….. Gary Lineker and the small boats …..