In the recruitment of MDTs, we are seeing much greater emphasis on training and on “growing your own".Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, Official Report 29 March 2022, COL7
The Cabinet Secretary cited the example of pharmacotherapy where he argued the approach to workforce planning is helping to build a future workforce pipeline without cannibalising the existing workforce:
The plans for years 1 and 2 were very pharmacist-heavy but recently the skills mix has been moving towards use of pharmacy technicians, with a projected 75 pharmacy technicians in post for every 100 pharmacists in 2023, compared...