The Department acknowledged the fall in clinical psychiatrists and mental health practitioners and agreed that services needed access to the full set of professionals.54 The Department noted that it had already committed to securing an additional 800 mental health and clinical professionals in the drug strategy.55 It assured us it was working with Health Education England on a workforce strategy to set out training requirements and focus on attracting professionals back into these roles. The ...

The Department acknowledged the fall in clinical psychiatrists and mental health practitioners and agreed that services needed access to the full set of professionals.54 The Department noted that it had already committed to securing an additional 800 mental health and clinical professionals in the drug strategy.55 It assured us it was working with Health Education England on a workforce strategy to set out training requirements and focus on attracting professionals back into these roles. The Department told us it would ensure it is training the right numbers of people but recognised that this training 47 C&AG’s Report, para 3.3 and Figure 12 Type: conclusion | Number: 24 | Response status: accepted Government response: 6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Autumn 2023 6.2 The department is working with NHS Workforce Transformation and Education (NHS WT&E) to develop a substance misuse workforce strategic plan, with a target publica