HWF planning takes place at central level (Department of Health DH and Health Education England-HEE) and local level (Local Education and Training Board – LETB – and NHS providers).
The DH and HEE set the strategic objectives in the areas of workforce planning, health education and training and development.
HEE annually sets out its commissioning intentions (in terms of education and training) in the Workforce Plan for England which is subsequently used as the basis of the contracts that each Local Education and Training Board (LETB) places with local education providers for that academic year.
To inform these training commissions HEE take the five year plans from LETBs, who in turn have taken five year projections from NHS Providers (e.g. NHS Foundation Trust).
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