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<p>‘Stepping Forward to 2020/21: The Mental Health Workforce Plan for England’ was
published in July 2017 and sets the ambition to deliver 21,000 new posts across the
mental health system, with the expectation that 19,000 of these places will be filled
by staff employed directly by the National Health Service by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The
plan aims to increase the size of the mental health workforce, including the workforce
for children and young people’s mental health services, through increased recruitment,
improved retention and through development of new roles and ways of working to improve
efficient use of the most qualified staff.</p><p> </p><p>All regions have developed
and are implementing mental health workforce plans which include plans to expand the
number of professionals working in children and young people’s mental health services.</p>
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