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<p>We are committed to attracting, training, and recruiting the mental health workforce
of the future, as well as retaining and developing our current workforce. Since 2016,
we have expanded and diversified the types of roles that are available, as well as
upskilling and transforming the workforce to deliver innovative models of care. However,
while there have been significant increases, we acknowledge that the rise in demand
for services means that more growth is needed to improve and expand services, to keep
in line with this. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets out the need to grow the
overall mental health and learning disability workforce the fastest of all care settings,
at 4.4% per year up to 2036/37.</p><p> </p><p>To support this ambition, the plan sets
out a number of targeted interventions for the mental health workforce, including
increasing mental health training places by 13% by 2025/26 and 28% by 2028/29. These
interventions will be delivered via partnerships working across the Department of
Health and Social Care, integrated care systems and providers, as well as with wider
partners such as the Department for Education and Office for Students.</p>
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