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<p>No assessment has been made. Rheumatology services are generally commissioned locally
by integrated care boards which have a statutory responsibility to commission healthcare
services that meet the needs of their whole population.</p><p>The Government has committed
to publishing the Long-Term Workforce Plan shortly. This will include projections
for the number of doctors, nurses and other professionals that will be needed. The
plan will provide estimates of NHS workforce as a whole; however, it will not go into
detail about condition-specific workforce, such as for rheumatology. The recruitment
of staff for multi-disciplinary rheumatology teams is for local determination.</p>
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