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Will the NHS long-term workforce plan solve the current crisis?

Jo Blanden, Marco Mello, Giuseppe Moscelli and Melisa Sayli


Proposals to solve staffing shortages in the NHS focus on training more staff and retaining those already working in surgeries, clinics and hospitals. But Giuseppe Moscelli, Jo Blanden, Marco Mello and Melisa Sayli say that the plan may be insufficiently ambitious; and it requires more effective processes to evaluate the outcomes.


20 October 2023     Paper Number CEPCP665

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