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The nursing workforce Contents

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

The current situation

The current situation: summary

1 Retention–keeping the current workforce

Introduction

Why do nurses leave?

Pay

Working conditions

Reduction in funding for nurses’ education and training

Further ways to improve retention

Conclusions and recommendations

2 New nurses

Introduction

Student funding reforms

Adverse impacts on specific groups

Attrition

Apprenticeship Levy

Fast-track routes and return to practice schemes

Conclusions and recommendations

3 Nursing associates

A new role and opportunity

A role in its own right

Emerging issues from the pilot

A need for greater clarity

Conclusion and recommendation

4 Nurses from overseas

Language testing

Reassurance for EU nurses

A national recruitment drive

Conclusion and recommendation

5 Workforce planning

Future projections–affordability or need?

Data

Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships

Conclusion and recommendations

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex 1: Note of discussions with nurses held by the Chair on 9 November 2017

Annex 2: Note of Committee visit to Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, 23 November 2017

Formal minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament



25 January 2018