Come and meet the team at this year’s conference (9-11th October, The ICC Birmingham). Each day, you’ll be able to come and meet project managers and discuss our work including Working Time Directive (WTD) 2009 and our brand new Workforce Planning Development Menus. To celebrate the launch of our development menus, we’re offering our mailing list members a free USB stick. Simply redeem your voucher at the NWP stands B11 and B12.
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We are pleased to announce the official launch of the development menus at this year’s NHS Employers – Leading Workforce Thinking conference. The menus support workforce planning capability and capacity at all levels within the NHS. Don’t forget to come and redeem your free USB stick voucher at the conference.
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Our new maternity workforce planning e-learning CD is now available. The Maternity Workforce Resource Pack will be available later in October. We’ll be sending a copy of both resources to midwifery leads at every acute trust, PCT and SHA during October – sign up now to receive your resources direct.
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We are now inviting applications for the third cohort of our popular Postgraduate Certificate. The course itself will begin in February 2008, with 60 places available at centres in Slough and Manchester. The course is open to colleagues who are involved in strategic workforce planning such as workforce planners and service modernisers within health and social care. You can download the application form and read more details of the course – including experiences of previous students – on the healthcare workforce portal.
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Available now to download - and arriving by post during October in every trust, PCT and SHA - our latest briefing paper follows a UK version of a US survey exploring staff engagement. The paper summarises the US findings and offers tips on how to apply that learning within your own NHS organisation.
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To coincide with the launch of our development menus, each acute trust, PCT and SHA will shortly be receiving one of our brand new induction packs in the post. The packs are designed to provide an overview of workforce planning in the NHS and the tools we have produced to help you in the task.

We’re also launching the latest in our series of briefing papers on the topic of the administration workforce. Following on from estates and facilities management and maximising staff engagement, our new paper outlines some of the key issues surrounding administration services and offers some guidance on how to plan your workforce accordingly.
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There’s still time to give us your thoughts on our recent Dental Workforce Resource Pack. Every acute trust, PCT, SHA and postgraduate deanery received a copy and we’re keen to find out how you’ve been using the pack since we launched it in July.
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18 Week Wait workshops
Our first workshop took place this week in Newbury, within the South Central SHA region. Limited places are available at the remaining nine workshops so, if you’re part of a team preparing for the 18 Week Wait target (only 15 months to go…), please find your nearest workshop and register online.
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The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) Craft Specialty event
There are limited places left for this event taking place on the 5th October. The RCS, supported by NWP, is holding a craft specialty event with presentations from leading experts in their field including Bernard Ribeiro, president RCSEng. The event aims to address some of the common challenges to the WTD 2009 requirement that certain specialties face. The event will share learning and solutions from the WTD 2009 pilot sites, highlight areas of best practice, identify and dispel misconceptions in respect of WTD and share an appreciation of the workforce issues in the widest sense – from training populations, workforce trends, curriculum requirements, specialty implications and the consequences of changes in one area affecting others. For more information contact abi.marston@nwpnhs.org.uk.
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Showcasing Early Compliance event
NWP is pleased to present a showcasing event to disseminate key learning and offer practical hands-on advice from the NWP pilot sites that have reached early compliance with the WTD 2009 requirement. Taking place on the 6th November 2007 at the Hilton Metropole Hotel and Conference Centre, London, this one day national conference will accommodate 200 delegates and is aimed at operational and general managers. Delegates will take home five key tips from each of the interactive sessions and representation from each of the early compliant sites will be present on the day, allowing you to ask the trusts involved, direct questions about their projects. For more information contact abi.marston@nwpnhs.org.uk.
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