Guidance

Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund - Workforce Fund

Policy statement, grant determination and reporting template to support local authorities in administering the new Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund (MSIF) Workforce Fund.

Applies to England

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This publication contains information on the Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund (MSIF) Workforce Fund, providing a policy statement to explain how the fund will work and the grant determination containing the conditions local authorities must comply with.

As set out in the policy statement, the Department of Health and Social care is asking local authorities to provide information by 11:59pm on 28 September 2023, setting out how they plan to use this funding and how it aligns with NHS winter plans that are to be completed by integrated care boards.

Local authorities should provide this information using the ‘Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund - Workforce Fund: local authority reporting template’. Instructions and further details can be found within the template guidance.

This new funding is supplementary to the existing Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund 2023 to 2024, and will be added to the fund in 2024 to 2025.

Updates to this page

Published 28 July 2023
Last updated 31 August 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added the 'Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund - Workforce Fund: local authority reporting template'.

  2. First published.

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