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)

CONTACT

www.wrt.nhs.uk

Martyn Dell

martyn.dell@wrtnhs.org

01962 814978