Welcome to the July 2007 bulletin update from the www.healthcareworkforce.nhs.uk portal bringing you latest updates, resources and news from NHS National Workforce Projects. If you have a colleague who would benefit from being on this mailing list, please either forward them this email or ask them to go here>>>

What's on the menu? NWP presents a brand new framework for developing the core skills and competences of all our colleagues involved with healthcare workforce planning. Whatever job title you've got - if you help to plan and develop the workforce, you should take a look at the development programme now on offer. Find out which menu best suits your needs>>>

Contents this month:

• Maternity Matters
• National 18 weeks workforce support programme
• New resource - Estates Management Briefing Paper
• Summer 2007 edition of Calling Time out now
• Tell a friend about the Dental Workforce Resource Pack
• Free workforce planning events

- 18 Week Workforce Workshops

Maternity Matters
Visit our refreshed maternity section on the portal. We've updated it with more details of the ongoing projects including the elearning CD and the resource pack. Find out more about what's going on - and how you can get involved. Alongside reports of all the recent events, there's a chance to submit case studies and get nationwide publicity for your innovation and working practices.
Get publicity for your maternity team - send us your case studies>>>
Find out more in our Maternity section>>>

National 18 weeks workforce support programme
NWP is a key NHS partner providing a programme of support to assist 18 weeks workforce planning in trusts and SHAs. This programme will support health communities by working together to assist organisations meet the 18 week workforce challenges with the provision of a variety of tools, techniques and resources. Stuart Taylor and Bryan Kessie, the project managers for NWP's input, will be in touch with 18 weeks leads at all SHAs during August to update them on forthcoming developments to get involved in.
More details of forthcoming 18 weeks developments>>>

New resource - Estates Management Briefing Paper
The latest in NWP's series of briefing papers is now available for you to download and share with colleagues. The newest addition to the resource library is the Estates and Facilities Management Briefing Paper, which takes a snapshot view of the issues affecting that sector of the workforce.
Download the pack now>>>

Summer 2007 edition of Calling Time out now
The new Summer 2007 edition of Calling Time, the Working Time Directive magazine, is packed with reports from the 2007 national conference and details about what IT tools are available to help support WTD compliance. Issue 7 will be published at the end of September 2007 and in that issue we'll be focusing on organisations achieving early compliance - who they are and how have they achieved it.
Visit Calling Time online now>>>
Download your PDF copy of Calling Time Summer 2007 now>>>

Tell a friend about the Dental Workforce Resource Pack
The healthcare workforce portal has a brand new sharing facility. On any given page of the site, you can now click on a link and email it to colleagues. So, if you think your team mates would find our brand new Dental Workforce Resource Pack a useful read - tell them now!
Read the pack, then tell a friend>>>

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