Sunak Unveils 15-year Plan to Boost NHS Staffing in England by 300,000 People

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a press conference on the new NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, in Downing Street, London, on June 30, 2023. Frank Augstein/PA Media

NHS England is expected to employ over 300,000 extra nurses, doctors, and other health workers under a 15-year plan to tackle staff shortages in the health service.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his government is making “the largest single expansion in NHS education and training in its history.”