NHS: Staff
Commons · Question 99764 · Tabled 15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Mary Glindon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the workforce modelling used as the basis for the 10 Year Workforce Plan will be independent; and whether the results of that modelling will be independently assessed and tested.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 8 Jan 2026
We have committed to updating workforce modelling which will be set out in and alongside the 10 Year Workforce Plan when published in spring 2026. This will be supported by external scrutiny to independently assess and test it.