NHS National Workforce Projects

NHS National Workforce Projects is is part of the English National Health Service (NHS). It provides support to all NHS organisations in planning their workforce to ensure they have the right staff in the right jobs to provide care to patients.

The NHS National Workforce Projects team was formed in 2005 and creates and makes available a range of workforce planning tools, guidance and resources to the NHS. The organisation also leads on supporting the NHS prepare for the European Working Time Directive where the maximum working hours that junior doctors work will reduce from 58 to 48 hours a week in August 2009.