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  Health and Care Bill - Clause 35 - Report on Assessing and Meeting Workforce Needs
  
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  @ MP voted aye against increasing the frequency of reporting on the health workforce from every five years, to every two years and against making a series of requirements for the report including that it include current and projected workforce numbers, that it cover social care and public health. 
  
  @ MP voted no to increase the frequency of reporting on the health workforce from every five years, to every two years and to make a series of requirements for the report including that it include current and projected workforce numbers, and that it cover social care and public health. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against increasing the frequency of reporting on the health workforce from every five years, to every two years and against making a series of requirements for the report including that it include current and projected workforce numbers, that it cover social care and public health. 
  
  MPs were considering the Health and Care Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 29.
  
  Lords amendment 29 stated:[4]
  
  :Page 42, leave out lines 14 to 19 and insertâ
  :â(1) The Secretary of State must, at least once every two years, lay a report before Parliament describing the system in place for assessing and meeting the workforce needs of the health, social care and public health services in England.
  :(2) This report must includeâ
  :(a) an independently verified assessment of health, social care and public health workforce numbers, current at the time of publication, and the projected workforce supply for the following five, ten and 20 years; and
  :(b) an independently verified assessment of future health, social care and public health workforce numbers based on the projected health and care needs of the population for the following five, ten and 20 years, taking account of the Office for Budget Responsibility long-term fiscal projections.
  :(3) NHS England and Health Education England must assist in the preparation of a report under this section.
  :(4) The organisations listed in subsection (3) must consult health and care employers, providers, trade unions, Royal Colleges, universities and any other persons deemed necessary for the preparation of this report, taking full account of workforce intelligence, evidence and plans provided by local organisations and partners of integrated care boards.
  
  The section of the Bill the amendment sought to replace provided for a new section in the National Health Service Act 2006 stating[2]:
  
  :''1GA Secretary of Stateâs duty to report on workforce systems''
  :(1) The Secretary of State must, at least once every five years, publish a report describing the system in place for assessing and meeting the workforce needs of the health service in England.
  :(2) NHS England and Health Education England must assist in the preparation of a report under this section, if requested to do so by the Secretary of State.â
  
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3022 Parliament's webpage on the Health and Care Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/44008/documents/1051 Health and Care Bill as brought from the Commons, 24 November 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/44120/documents/1082 Explanatory notes to the Health and Care Bill as brought from the Commons, 24 November 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [4] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0293/210293.pdf Lords amendments to the Health and Care Bill, 24 March 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [5] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0293/en/210293en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Lords amendments to the Health and Care Bill, 24 March 2022], Parliament.uk
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