The Government have today laid before Parliament their response to the Health Select Committee Report on Workforce Planning (Cm 7085).

The Government are responding to the conclusions and recommendations raised by the Committee covering issues such as ensuring workforce planning is a priority, the importance of strategic health authorities leading the process locally, the need for a national perspective from the Department and the Committee's concerns about the effects of the recent growth in National Health Service workforce capacity on the NHS financial position.

Copies of the response have been placed in the Library.