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Survey | Before you begin guidance

Survey | Important definitions

Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England (2025)

Health spending and economic growth: cost or investment?

UK Parliament | NHS workforce: Size, characteristics and staffing levels (2026)

NHS England | NHS workforce statistics (2026)

The King’s Fund | NHS workforce in a nutshell (2025)

Nuffield Trust | The NHS workforce in numbers (2026)

NHS England | NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (2024)

NHS England & NHS Improvement Foundation | Job planning the clinical workforce – allied health professionals (2019)

BDA | Managing your workforce

Universal Dietetic Patient Complexity Tool (UDPCT)

Safe staffing and safe workload guidance (May 2024)

Strengthening and diversifying the dietetic workforce: Invest. Expand. Improve

Safe staffing and safe workload guidance (2016)