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<p>The Department does not allocate funding for continuous professional development
(CPD) or workforce development for the National Health Service clinical workforce
or registered nursing staff. Health Education England (HEE) contributes, based on
local priorities, workforce development funding, including some which may used for
CPD, to local NHS employers.</p><p>The following table below sets out funding since
2013 to the latest data available. Workforce development investment prior to 2013
was managed by individual strategic health authorities for which data is not available.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>190.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>205.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>205.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>104.3<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>83.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>83.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup>The reduction in workforce development funding between
2015/16 and 2016/17 was transferred to spending on new nursing undergraduate courses
under the previous undergraduate funding system resulting in around 3,000 extra nurses.</p><p>In
addition, individual NHS employers have responsibility for supporting staff workforce
development (a proportion of which may be used locally for some CPD) courses which
are required to fulfil duties to work in their organisation and core employment requirements.
Data on the level of workforce development and CPD investment made by individual NHS
employers between 2010/11 and 2019/20 is not collected centrally. Therefore, information
on the totality of workforce development or CPD funding or a breakdown by profession
is not held centrally.</p><p>Following publication of the NHS Long Term Plan, HEE
is currently finalising and introducing a new national methodology for allocating
workforce development (a proportion of which may be used locally for some CPD) funding
from 2019/20 onwards. Allocations of available workforce development (a proportion
of which may be used locally for some CPD) funding provided by HEE to the NHS in England
will be made using this formula once finalised.</p><p>Prior to 2019/20 Health Education
England (HEE) did not use an allocation formula for its budget for workforce development
funding (a proportion of which may be used locally for some CPD). Taking into account
its overall allocation from the Department and the workforce priorities it is required
to deliver as set in its annual mandate from Government, decisions on levels of workforce
development (a proportion of which may be used locally for some CPD) investment made
available via HEE were taken based on discussions with local employers via HEE regional
offices. At a national level, HEE supported these discussions with guidance on how
this funding should be used most effectively on proven activities and programmes across
a range of professions.</p>
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