NHS England is using the Solving Together platform to crowdsource ideas and solutions on attracting people to healthcare careers and and training opportunities such as apprenticeships and degree courses.

The organisation is asking people what would make the sector more appealing and also what they have seen in other industries that could be replicated in the NHS.

The conversation will be open from from Monday 15 July to Friday 16 August.

Julie Read, strategic lead clinical expansion programmes at NHS England said: "The NHS long term workforce plan has ambitious targets to increase the number of people working in the nursing, midwifery and the allied health professions. Sufficient interest and applications from students in healthcare roles is vital to growing the number of people working in our health service.

"NHS services are also constantly evolving to meet patient need. New ways of working, services and technologies are constantly being developed and we need a high-quality workforce to deliver them."