Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care. House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee, Third Report of Session 2022–23.  
The National Health Service and the social care sector are facing the greatest workforce crisis in their history. As of September 2021, the NHS was advertising 99,460 vacant posts: for social care, it was 105,000. New research by the Nuffield Trust suggests that the NHS in England could be short right now of 12,000 hospital doctors and over 50,000 nurses and midwives. The number of people on a waiting list for hospital treatment rose to a record of nearly 6.5 million in April 2022, and the 18-week target for treatment has not been met since 2016. Yet demand on the health and social care sector continues to grow relentlessly with an extra 475,000 jobs needed in health and 490,000 jobs needed in social care by the early part of the next decade. Downlaod the full report

NHS workforce projections 2022 – The Health Foundation
This analysis shows that the NHS in England could face a shortfall of around 38,000 full time equivalent (FTE) registered nurses by 2023/24 relative to the numbers needed to deliver pre-pandemic levels of care. This is despite the expectation that the government could meet its own target of recruiting an additional 50,000 FTE registered NHS nurses by the end of the parliament. It argues that the government needs to acknowledge the growing demand for care driven by an ageing population and an increased number of people with complex health conditions. It also explores potential gaps in the nursing workforce over a longer time period beyond the next election.

Training and skills development for the care sector – Institute of Public Care
This report, published in collaboration with the Better Security, Better Care programme, identifies the data security and protection training needs of SME care providers, including how well current provision meets those needs, and how the training market could be developed.

Palliative and end of life care: statutory guidance for integrated care boards (ICBs) – NHS England 
This guidance has been developed by NHS England to support Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) with their duty to commission palliative care services. ICSs have a key role to play in ensuring that people with palliative and end of life care needs can access and receive high quality personalised care and support. It also contains links to resources and good practice for ICSs when planning locally and working collaboratively with local partners.

Women’s health strategy for England – Department of Health and Social Care
This document sets out the government’s strategy for women’s health in England. It details the government’s ambitions over the next ten years and outlines the actions being taken to improve the health and wellbeing of women and girls in England.

NHS Pension Scheme: proposed uplifts to the member contribution tier thresholds – Department of Health and Social Care
Further to the consultation NHS Pension Scheme: proposed changes to member contributions from 1 April 2022 and the associated regulations, this consultation document sets out how the pensionable earnings thresholds in the member contribution structure will be uplifted to account for the Agenda for Change pay increase. The consultation document also includes part of a table that was omitted from and the draft regulations contain technical amendment to correct this omission. The closing date for comments is 12 August 2022.

NHS Pay Review Body thirty-fifth report: 2022 – NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB)
This report sets out the NHSPRB’s analysis of evidence provided by relevant organisations and makes observations on the pay of NHS staff paid under Agenda for Change for 2022 to 2023. The NHSPRB provides independent advice on the pay of NHS staff to the Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, First Minister of Wales and Minister for Health of Northern Ireland.

NHS Employers

• Change to regulation timetable for physician and anaesthesia associates DHSC has announced that there is a delay to the timetable for regulation of physician and anaesthesia associates.
• Supporting refugees into employment with Talent Beyond Boundaries Working with partners, we are seeking interest from provider organisations to help place skilled refugee nurses into employment.
• The Professional Standards Authority : what it does and how it can help employers in the NHS to improve regulation and safety standards.
• The Professional Standards Authority and Accredited Registers programme We have published a new feature on the Professional Standards Authority and what it can do for employers in the NHS.
• Changes to apprenticeship funding rules in England From 1 August there will be new apprenticeship funding rules and guidance.
• National training survey 2022 results The results of the 2022 national training survey are now available on the General Medical Council’s (GMC) online reporting tool.
• Boost in trusts awarded gold for support of Armed Forces community An impressive tally of NHS trusts received gold recognition in 2022 for their work in supporting the Armed Forces community in the workforce.
• Join us in supporting South Asian Heritage Month South Asian Heritage Month takes place from 18 July–17 August and aims to raise the profile and contribution of British South Asian history in the UK.

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• ‘Don’t try to do our jobs’, trust CEOs warn ICSs The NHS’s leading provider chief executives have cautioned newly established integrated care systems against over-reaching themselves.
• NHS England ‘hasn’t got long’ to develop ‘operating model’ for system working NHS England and local leaders must urgently develop a coherent ‘operating model’ for the era of integrated care systems or see the reforms fail, leading trust chief executives have told HSJ.
• ‘We are presiding over a failing NHS,’ say leading trust CEOs A lack of accountability is causing the quality of NHS services to crumble, according to some of the most respected trust chief executives.
• ICS chief agrees to pay back covid bonus The chief executive of an integrated care board will return a bonus paid for her ‘response and management’ of the pandemic, following enquiries by HSJ about the payment.
• Trust’s IT still down days after heatwave crash IT systems at England’s biggest trust are still down, two days after extreme heat caused a shut-down in its servers.
• IT down at England’s biggest trust two days after heatwave crash IT systems at England’s biggest trust are still down, two days after extreme heat caused a shut-down in its servers.
• Trust defends research work after ‘half hospital, half science lab’ claims The medical director of a prestigious teaching hospital has said innovation must not come at the cost of safe care, after an external review highlighted concerns about the trust’s research culture.
• Trust chief steps down after 17 years One of England’s longest-serving ambulance chief executives is to step down next year.
• Long-serving ambulance chief executive to step down One of England’s longest serving ambulance chief executives is to step down next year.

Recent Statistics

• Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics, AT: June 2022, MHSDS: April 2022 Final Latest Monthly statistics from the Assuring Transformation collection and MHSDS collection
• Diagnostic imaging dataset for March 2022 A central collection of detailed information about diagnostic imaging tests carried out on NHS patients in England.
• National Child Measurement Programme, England, Provisional 2021/22 School Year Outputs This report presents provisional findings from the Government’s National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) for England. Information will be presented at England level for children in Reception (aged 4 and 5 years) and …
• Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 8 July 2022 Provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales, in the latest weeks for which data are available.
• Disabled people’s experiences with activities, goods and services in the UK Experiences of disabled people across the UK with access and engagement to private sector activities, goods and services. Qualitative research conducted by the Office for National Statistics with Humankind Research.
• Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: July 2022 Experimental statistics on a range of topics including infection control measures, vaccinations and coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in adult social care settings.
• Statistics on NHS Stop Smoking Services in England April 2021 to June 2021 Results from the monitoring of the NHS Stop Smoking Services (NHS SSS) in England.
• Referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointments for May 2022 Referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointments
• Ambulance Quality Indicators Clinical Outcomes for February 2022 Monthly clinical outcomes for patients transported by Ambulance Services in England following cardiac arrest, stroke, heart attack or sepsis.
• Waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patients for May 2022 Information on the waiting times of patients with suspected cancer and those subsequently diagnosed with cancer.
• Referral to treatment waiting times statistics for consultant -led elective care for May 2022 Information on Consultant-led Referral to Treatment waiting times, monitoring length of time from referral through to elective treatment.
• Mixed Sex Accommodation breaches for May 2022 Number of breaches of the policy on mixed sex accommodation in relation to sleeping accommodation for the month.
• Diagnostic waiting times and activity for May 2022 Diagnostic waiting times and activity for 15 key diagnostic tests and procedures. The data is available through a monthly collection.
• Ambulance Quality Indicators Systems Indicators for June 2022 Monthly call and incident counts, and response times, by Ambulance Service and Category.
• A&E attendances and emergency admissions for June 2022 and Quarterly report (Q1) Monthly A&E performance and emergency admissions for all A&E types, including Minor Injury Units and Walk-in Centres.
• Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC ADC) for May 2022 (Official statistics) Monthly data supporting IUC KPIs for the NHS 111 contract areas in England, summarising clinical assessment, advice and treatment.
• Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC ADC) – for June 2022 (Provisional statistics) Monthly data supporting IUC KPIs for the NHS 111 contract areas in England, summarising clinical assessment, advice and treatment.
• Psychological Therapies: reports on the use of IAPT services, England, April 2022 Final including a report on the IAPT Employment Advisers pilot Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) data for April 2022 Final, and including a report on the IAPT Employment Advisors Pilot
• Provisional Monthly Hospital Episode Statistics for Admitted Patient Care, Outpatient and Accident and Emergency data, April 2022 – May 2022 Provisional monthly HES
• Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance: 2022 to 2023 How the actual number of deaths in England compare to expected numbers for each week.
• National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports: 2022 to 2023 season National influenza and COVID-19 report, monitoring COVID-19 activity, seasonal flu and other seasonal respiratory illnesses.