News and communications

A call for evidence will collate feedback from across the health sector on the merits of a separate pay structure.

• Updated: 11 January 2024

The government outlined plans to improve the career prospects of the domestic care workforce through training, qualifications and a clearer, care career path.

• Updated: 10 January 2024

It marks the largest ever sustained growth in the NHS nursing workforce, with the expanded workforce delivering hundreds of thousands of extra appointments.

• Updated: 30 November 2023

Next phase of domestic recruitment campaign ‘Made with Care’ launches today to encourage people with the right qualities to begin a career in adult social care.

• Updated: 9 October 2023

Government will expand medical school places a year early, with 205 additional places for the new academic year in 2024, subject to consultation.

• Updated: 3 October 2023

There are more doctors and nurses working in the NHS than ever before, with hundreds more doctors in general practice and thousands more primary care staff.

• Updated: 25 May 2023

Today (Monday 6 March) the Women’s and Health Minister, Maria Caulfield met leading researchers and discussed their work to improve health outcomes for women and babies, and the importance of women working in STEM (science, …

• Updated: 7 March 2023

Tens of thousands of elderly and vulnerable people will receive tailored support at home as part of a new NHS plan to improve waiting times for emergency care.

• Updated: 30 January 2023

The government has today accepted the recommendations from the independent NHS pay review bodies in full.

• Updated: 19 July 2022

A landmark review into health and social care leadership led by General Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard has been published today.

• Updated: 8 June 2022

The government is reforming the National Clinical Excellence Awards for high performing NHS senior doctors to be more inclusive and accessible.

• Updated: 26 January 2022

The latest data shows record numbers of students accepted places to study nursing and midwifery in England for the second year running.

• Updated: 9 December 2021

A new recruitment campaign will encourage people to apply for roles in the adult social care sector.

• Updated: 3 November 2021

The public are being called upon to apply for short-term and long-term opportunities in the adult social care sector.

• Updated: 9 February 2021

The latest data on university admissions published by UCAS shows record numbers of students accepted places to study nursing and midwifery in England this year.

• Updated: 16 December 2020

A new government package worth £172 million will help to train thousands more nursing degree apprentices.

• Updated: 9 August 2020

More students will have the opportunity to apply for places on nursing, midwifery or allied health professional courses in England, following unprecedented demand.

• Updated: 29 June 2020

A new national adult social care recruitment campaign has been launched to boost the adult social care workforce in England as part of a wider plan to attract more staff into the sector.

• Updated: 23 April 2020

The campaign will help get 50,000 more nurses and 26,000 more primary care professionals working in the NHS in the next 5 years.

• Updated: 3 March 2020

People who are already working as healthcare professionals could train to become doctors and nurses more quickly now that the UK has left the EU.

• Updated: 9 February 2020