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NHS England’s Workforce, Training and Education (WT&E) directorate aims to ensure the NHS workforce in England has the knowledge, skills, values and behaviours they need to deliver compassionate, high-quality health and care to the public.

The WT&E directorate has the statutory responsibility, on behalf of NHS England, to ensure the training, education and plan for the workforce meets the needs of NHS services in England.

The directorate is responsible for NHS:

Education and training
Staff and learner experience and leadership development
Supply and people services development
Workforce strategy and planning.

WT&E works collaboratively with teams across NHS England as well as with regional directors of workforce and their teams to ensure delivery and decision-making is done in the most appropriate way.

The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (NHS LTWP) is a key strategy that shapes how the NHS will recruit, train and support NHS staff and learners. The NHS People Promise underpins the approach on how this will be achieved.

Previous Health Education England updates

Health Education England merged with NHS England on 1 April 2023. An archived version of Health Education England’s information is available via the National Archives website. This includes:

organisation structure
annual reports and accounts
board meetings and papers

View the archived corporate pages (National Archive site)

Health Education England’s archived privacy and cookie policy, as well as the terms and conditions can also be accessed through the National Archives website.

View archived privacy notice (National Archive site)

View the archived cookie policy (National Archive site)

View the archived terms and conditions (National Archive site)

View the archived complaints process (National Archive site)