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Putting workforce planning in context
17 November 2009, Brighton Racecourse
Martyn Dell
Deputy Director
WRT – galvanising workforce thinking
• Influencesworkforce planning and development priorities eg WRT workforce risk assessments and models
• Stimulates the way NHS services are delivered by sharing
evidence, analysis and best practice via review meetings, conferences and workshops
• Advisesmanagers and policy makers on how to adopt effective workforce strategies
The WRT team
• Director – Dr Judy Curson
• Professional advisors
• Expert consultants and
contractors
• Data modellers
• Information analysts
• Communications team
• Operations team
Supply modelling April / May 2009
Engagement with SHAs to inform Jun - Oct 2009commissions
Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report August 2009
Assessment of Workforce Priorities (AWP) Sept 2009
National overview of SHA plans Sept - Dec 2009
Care area reports November 2009
Pathway focus reports Winter 2009/10
Nationally planned specialties report Winter 2009/10
WRT work programme 2009/10
The 8 Darzi groups: lifelong access
Acute care access
• Diagnostics • Out-patient services
• Community support
• Acute beds
• Community beds
Primary presentation Acute services
• Emergency depts
• Walk-in centres
• Emergency GP services
• Ambulance services
• NHS Direct
Acute Care care area report
• Workforce demand drivers include:
– acute care attendances
– 4 hour waits in emergency departments
Workforce priorities
• Emergency medicine
• Long term conditions
• Paramedical staff
Development of new roles
• Emergency care practitioners (ECPs)
• Emergency care assistants (ECAs)
• Emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs)
WRT’s ‘bath tub’ service model
Issues
• Links between acute care, planned care and long term conditions
• Clarity on service model and configuration
• Further development of care area approach– Complex– Important
• Centrality of workforce planning
What is workforce planning?
Effective workforce planning is ensuring
“the right people, with the right skills, in the right places, at the right time”
S Taylor, People and Organisations,
Employee Resourcing (1998)
