Refocusing the health and care system: workforce implications

The King’s Fund has recently published a major report calling for a wholesale refocusing of the health and care system to put primary and community services at its core.1 Our recommendations include actions for national leaders and politicians, but some thorny issues were raised around the way in which clinicians and leaders in health and care work and are trained which will be core to the refocusing that is required. These are particularly pertinent for us—a current GP and former NHS leader.With an ageing population, multiple health conditions also affecting younger populations, and growing health inequalities, the need for practitioners to work effectively in the community, handle complexity, and cope with inherent risk is ever more pressing. While the NHS long term workforce plan sets out ambitions in this area, to date, the workforce growth in the NHS is centred on acute hospitals (the consultant workforce has grown by 18%…
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