The first briefing in our #GeneralElection series looks at #NHS staffing, setting out a series of policy ‘tests’ that the next government must meet to address some of the biggest workforce issues.

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Billy Palmer talks through what we recommend. 👇

🆕 Billy Palmer responds to the National Audit Office report on the #NHSWorkforcePlan .

Ambitious goals in the plan must match reality.

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Thank you Nuffield Trust for the opportunity to speak about generational differences in the workplace.
Super discussion with Dr Crystal Oldman CBE EdD RN RHV QN FRCN Billy Palmer Oonagh Smyth, and David Oliver.

Our generation care deeply about being good doctors - and we can't afford to lose them.

The NHS is the country’s biggest employer and one of the largest employers globally by headcount. 👩‍⚕️

We've updated our #NHS workforce in numbers explainer which explores facts on staffing and staff shortages in England. nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/the-n…

CHART OF THE WEEK: Many different figures for #NHS staff pay have come to prominence recently, but averages don’t always reveal the full story.

Billy Palmer looks at the distribution of staff pay to understand the variation within different groups.

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My colleague setting out the case for student loans forgiveness for clinical students, prompted by the clear support for the policy highlighted in today's Times Health Commission report 👇

Dru I'm also an F1, and reckon student loan forgiveness for NHS staff is one of the best ideas out there (@BMA_JuniorDocs !) nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/thin…

The deal reached between the Govt and the BMA has an intriguing pledge to reform the pay review process. So how can that be done? Here’s one we (well Billy Palmer ) prepared earlier nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/basi…

50,038 more nurses directly employed in NHS hospital, community and general practice settings than four years ago (to August 2023, including NHS health visitors). Equivalent to adding 1 nurses for every 6 working as at August 2019.