Written question WQ94134
- Asked by
- Andrew RT DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 7 days
Question
How is the Welsh Government working to bolster the child-health workforce in the Welsh NHS?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The Welsh Government has and will continue to invest in the workforce required to support our health service in Wales. £283.126m was invested in 2023-24 and this level was maintained in 2024-25. This will support education and training programmes for healthcare professionals in Wales.
This includes a 21% increase in child nursing training places and midwifery from 2022-23 to 2024-25 among many of the other professions which support child health within the NHS. Following the publication of the National Workforce Implementation Plan (NWIP) in January 2023, a set of targeted workforce plans have been published or are in development. These will improve the workforce capacity and capability to meet child health needs.