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<p>In June 2023, we published the Long Term Workforce Plan which sets out the steps
the National Health Service and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce
that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years.</p><p>The
Plan commits to double the number of medical places, taking the total number of places
to 15,000 by 2031/32 and including a commensurate increase in specialty training places
that meets the demands of the NHS in the future. It also commits to increasing adult
nursing places by 92%, taking the number of total places up to nearly 38,000 by 2031/32.</p><p>There
are a record number of nurses working in the NHS and we have reached our target of
50,000 additional nurses, meaning we have delivered on our commitment six months early.
In January 2024 there are over 363,000 nurses working across the NHS, representing
over 62,000 more than in September 2019.</p>
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