The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has published a report on the shortages in nursing, the need to understand ‘the nursing needs of the NHS’, and the importance of retaining nursing staff, especially in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The report calls upon the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) to ensure that NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I), alongside Health Education England (HEE), publishes the results of modelling work on the demand for NHS nurses in order to identify how many nurses are needed in what area and in what specialism so that the commitment to hire 50,000 more nurses by 2025 corresponds to the needs of the NHS, and that NHSE&I and HEE prioritise the publication of the NHS People Plan which should include plans on how to secure the number of nurses.