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<p>Following publication of the interim People Plan on 3 June 2019, work is now underway
to develop a full five-year NHS People Plan, which will support delivery of the NHS
Long Term Plan. The full People Plan will build on the ambitions in the interim Plan,
focusing on education and training, and new routes into the National Health Service,
as well as workforce planning and redesign, and workforce productivity (releasing
time for care).</p><p>Since publication of the Interim Plan, Health Education England
and NHS Improvement and NHS England have been working together to ensure delivery
of the immediate actions and have been working with stakeholders including the People
Plan advisory group and trade unions, think tanks, academia, and professional bodies
to develop the full People Plan. Work is also underway with national clinical programmes,
including cancer and diagnostics, to understand their workforce priorities for delivering
the Long Term Plan commitments, including addressing key workforce shortages.</p><p>Also,
as part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England asked Sir Mike Richards to lead a review
to improve the delivery of the screening programmes, increase uptake, learn the lessons
from the recent issues around breast and cervical screening, and modernise and expand
diagnostic capacity. Workforce requirements to support delivery of our national screening
programmes are included in scope of Professor Sir Mike Richards review and we expect
publication of the report shortly. The review, will make recommendations to the Secretary
of State and Board of NHS England about the future commissioning and delivery of screening
programmes in England.</p><p> </p>
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