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<p>NHS England has developed a new fast-track echocardiography training scheme, which
has led to 150 additional echocardiographers with further support being available
in 2023/24.</p><p>More generally, the NHS People Plan and the People Promise set out
a comprehensive range of actions to improve staff retention. They provide a strong
focus on creating a more modern, compassionate and inclusive culture in the National
Health Service by strengthening health and wellbeing, equality and diversity, culture
and leadership and flexible working.</p><p> </p><p>NHS priorities and operational
planning guidance 23/24 has asked systems to refresh their 2022/23 whole system workforce
plans to improve staff retention through a systematic focus on all elements of the
NHS People Promise. Staff wellbeing should be strategically aligned with elective
recovery plans, including workforce demand and capacity planning. In addition, the
NHS Retention Programme is continuously seeking to understand why staff leave, resulting
in targeted interventions to support staff to stay whilst keeping them well.</p><p>
</p><p>The Long Term Workforce Plan builds on the People Plan and sets out how to
improve culture and leadership to ensure that up to 130,000 fewer staff leave the
NHS over the next 15 years. This includes: implementing actions from the NHS People
Plan that have been shown to be successful; and implementing plans to improve flexible
opportunities for prospective retirees and delivering the actions needed to modernise
the NHS pension scheme.</p><p> </p><p>These interventions apply across staff groups,
including echocardiographers.</p>
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