Sunak is clearly too weak to control his own party. In response, Lib Dem treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney said: "Rishi Sunak should have had the guts to sack Zac Goldsmith yesterday when he was brutally criticised by the partygate watchdog. Lord Goldsmith - a Johnson ally - tweeted that the committee's report was a "kangaroo court" and a "witch hunt".
Lord Goldsmith posted a lengthy resignation letter on Twitter this morning, citing the government's inaction on climate change - as minister for the Commonwealth, overseas territories and international environment.īut yesterday he was one of the 10 people named by the Commons privileges committee for "interfering" with its report into Boris Johnson misleading parliament over lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street. The Lib Dems have criticised Rishi Sunak for failing to sack him before he could quit as a minister. It says the NHS and social care are interdependent, so if the plan is to succeed capacity across both must increase.īack to Lord Goldsmith's resignation now. The plan is "predicated on access to social care services remaining broadly in line with current levels - or improving". Technological innovations will be introduced including AI and robot-assisted surgery Retired doctors will be brought back into the service via an NHS Emeritus Doctors Scheme Since 2017 there's been a 2% increase in UK-trained medical graduates entering the workforce - compared to a 121% of those trained overseas This will mean that in 15 years, only 9 to 10.5% of the workforce will recruited from overseas, compared to nearly a quarter now īy contrast in 2021 50% of doctors were international medical graduates and in 2022/23 around half of new nurses were trained overseas More NHS staff will be trained domestically, which will mean it can reduce reliance on international recruitment and agency staff It pledges 2,000 medical degree apprenticeships by 2031/32 It says this will allow opportunities for people from underserved communities to join the NHS The NHS will also retain 130,000 extra staff Īlmost a quarter of NHS staff (22%) will be trained via apprenticeship schemes by 2031/32. To cope with this there will be 60,000 doctors, 170,000 more nurses and 71,000 more allied health professionals in place by 2036/37
In 15 years' time England's population will have grown by 4.2% - but the numbers aged 85 and over will increase by 55% Here are the key takeaways we've found so far: The NHS workforce plan is a 151-page document that outlines how the health service is going to fill the 112,000 job vacancies it has - while recruiting even more staff - to be able to cope with demand over the next 15 years.
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