Implementing the Educator Workforce Strategy

The aim of the Educator Workforce Strategy is to set out actions that will lead to sufficient capacity and quality of educators to allow the growth in healthcare workforce that is needed to deliver care, now and in the future. Whilst seven strategic priorities have emerged as part of engagement discussions, stakeholders shared with us many examples of initiatives that have been developed to address some of the challenges relating to educator support and capacity. These examples are available on HEE’s Educator Workforce Strategy repository.

To support delivery of the Educator Workforce Strategy, an Implementation Plan will be developed by the new Workforce, Training and Education function, in conjunction with other functions, in NHS England.

A key element of the Implementation Plan will be guidance for regional systems, ICSs and ICBs, and the development of an educator survey and educator communities of practice.

Initiatives developed to support the Implementation Plan will have educational research as a key component, to enable the development of robust evidence to inform the future.

Working across the health and care landscape will be key to implementation of this strategy, and a partnership approach recognises that we are stronger and more effective together.