04/09/2025
Alongside Royal College of Physicians and more than 70 health and care organisations, we have written to the Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting asking the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England to meaningfully engage with the health sector on the development of the 10-Year Workforce Plan for the .
Shondipon Laha, President of ICS, says: “Intensive care workforce continues to be under immense pressure due to staff and resource shortages, burnout and lasting trauma. We need to ensure we retain experienced staff, enough opportunities exist for ongoing careers in our multiprofessional workforce, and there is ongoing support for specialist education.
We would like to work with the government to develop a robust workforce plan that can deliver the best quality care for patients who are critically ill, both now and in the face of future crises. The lessons of the past few years should not be forgotten.”
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