England needs one million more NHS and social care staff over the next decade

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profileEngland needs more than one million extra health and care staff over the next decade if the NHS and social care is to meet the rising level of patient need.
59% : In social care the need is even greater with 627,000 more staff needed.
58% : Public spending on health care in the UK totalled £177 billion in 2019, equivalent to £2,647 per person for the year.
58% : The NHS has almost 100,000 vacancies for staff with 112,000 vacancies in social care.
54% : "The money needed to meet pressures in health and social care will need to rise significantly beyond the current settlement, and at an even faster rate in social care.
47% : Despite the more immediate challenges posed by Covid-19, the government must not lose sight of the underlying demand and cost pressures facing the NHS and social care over the long term and the need to plan better to increase the workforce to meet this demand.

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