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hospitals, over1 million people with covid in hospitals, delivering the biggest vaccination programme in our history. vaccination programme in our history, dealing with the busiest winter history, dealing with the busiest winter on history, dealing with the busiest winter on record as well as making progress winter on record as well as making progress on winter on record as well as making progress on backlogs and cancer diagnosis progress on backlogs and cancer diagnosis. however, we already have 112,000 diagnosis. however, we already have 112,000 vacancies and as we know, our population is going to grow, it is going our population is going to grow, it is going to our population is going to grow, it is going to age and as new treatments and therapies come on, the demand on the nhs and our workforce the demand on the nhs and our workforce is only going to increase. since workforce is only going to increase. since the workforce is only going to increase. since th
recruit 50,000 more nurses. and we are cutting the waiting lists. with rates of over two years, virtually eliminated in england and the number of patients waiting over 18 months readies by over 90%. but even without the covid backlogs and even without the covid backlogs and even with the record number of doctors and nurses we have today, unless we act now for the long term, the challenges we face will only get worse. so today, we are announcing the most ambitious transformation in the most ambitious transformation in the way that we staff the nhs in its history. the long term workforce plan. theirs is a 15 year plan to deliver the biggest ever expansion in the number of doctors and nurses that we train. and a plan to reform the nhs so we deliver better care in a changing world. and a plan that is not only eases the pressure is today but protects this russia s national
that are well as the numbers and the roles that are needed in the future. so from that are needed in the future. so from care that are needed in the future. so from care closer to her with medicine from care closer to her with medicine available on the high street medicine available on the high street and more through to those colleagues street and more through to those colleagues working in virtual awards and beyond, this plan is notjust good and beyond, this plan is notjust good news and beyond, this plan is notjust good news for nhs staff. it is good news good news for nhs staff. it is good news for good news for nhs staff. it is good news for patients. this plan will be regularly news for patients. this plan will be regularly updated to make sure we stay on regularly updated to make sure we stay on track to deliver the workforce we need, to deliver the best possible care now and into the future best possible care now and into the future. working in the nhs i
our fantastic nhs workers? we know we need to do a betterjob of that and we have a clear initiative and proposals but also reform. i know that everyone wants to know the government is backing the nhs funding, record sums have been put in by me, the chancellor and steve, the health secretary but we also want to make sure that money is well spent and the nhs is modernised so it is fit for the future to deliver the care that we all need and do so in a way that is keeping up with how health care is changing. train, retain and reform. this is a important moment. it was that the nhs up for important moment. it was that the nhs upforyears, important moment. it was that the nhs up for years, decades into the future so you can see from the reception, it is a plan that we warmly welcomed and will make a enormous difference to the country. amanda, do you want to touch on the retention and things that we have been working on?