This working paper examines the London labour market for health care staff. The study was conducted against the background of the early implementation of the National Health Service and Community Care Act and focuses on labour supply and on the extent to which planned or predicted changes in the profile ...
Workforce planning for the NHS is a large undertaking. The NHS in England employs approximately 1.3 million staff, 70 per cent of recurrent NHS costs relate to staffing, and more than £4 billion is spent annually on staff training. Securing a sufficient number of staff with the appropriate skills and ...