Responding to the announcement that the government and NHS will unveil a refreshed NHS Long Term Workforce Plan in the summer, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, said:

“People working in the NHS faced prolonged uncertainty due to a lack of a meaningful plan for workforce need and supply. The 2023 plan was then a significant step forward, as was the commitment to regularly refresh the plan.  

“The clear commitment by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to ensure that the first refresh will respond to the ambitions of the government's ten-year plan for health will be welcomed by NHS leaders. At the same time, they are also increasingly concerned that similar government attention is not yet being given to the profound funding and workforce challenges facing our colleagues in social care.”