Workforce is a high priority for the new Health Secretary

Workforce is one of the three priorities for Matt Hancock,  the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Speaking to staff at a hospital in his constituency of West Suffolk within days of taking up the post he said:

“So what does that mean in practice?

First it means receiving the best training and support – the right number of people with the right skills so you are able to provide the safest, highest quality care to patients.

I want to ensure training is organised and funded so that everyone can reach their full potential.

GPs need more assistance to tackle with their substantial workloads.

There is currently a review of GP partnerships ongoing but I also want to see more training to those pharmacists based in GP surgeries and more staff to support them.”

Read the speech in full here.