About us

About us

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 An archived version of Health Education England’s information is available via the National Archives website.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

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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.

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View the archived complaints process (opens in new window)

Further information about privacy, contracts and data sharing can be found on NHS England’s website