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Welcome to the latest bulletin update from the www.healthcareworkforce.nhs.uk portal bringing you latest updates, resources and news from Skills for Health - Workforce Projects Team. This bulletin also includes items from the Workforce Review Team.
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Contents this month:
Postgraduate Certificate in Strategic Workforce Planning
A major aspect of making workforce planning truly successful is developing the skills of people with a planning role in NHS and social care organisations. To support this, Skills for Health - Workforce Projects Team is recruiting now for a second cohort of students to undertake the only accredited higher education training programme for workforce planners.
Click here for more information and to register for the course>>>
WTD Stakeholder Group discourage the use of the 7 x 13 hour shift pattern
Since the Working Time Regulations were introduced, much work has taken place to look at optimum shift patterns that can ensure that the directive is achieved and that quality service provision and training for junior doctors is maintained. With the requirement to move towards a 48 hour week by 2009 this will become even more important. One solution that some hospitals have adopted has been the 7 x 13 hour shift pattern but whilst this can meet the requirements of the directive, trusts are now being actively discouraged from using this shift pattern by the WTD Stakeholder Group.
Read the detailed statement here>>>
Read the quarterly WTD magazine, Calling Time>>>
Risk Assessment for Commissioning 2006
The Workforce Review Team held its third annual Risk Assessment for Commissioning (RAC) conference on 1 November 2006 in London. Supported by over 70 representatives from all 10 SHAs in workforce planning, commissioning and finance, the event focused on workforce challenges facing the NHS, shared examples of actions currently in practice and examined WRT's recommendations. More information on this event is now available on the healthcare workforce portal, including Workforce Alignment Tool data.
Read about the RAC 2006 event>>>
British Heart Foundation Project
To assist the valuable work of the British Heart Foundation, WRT and Tangerine Bee (an independent intelligence gathering organisation) teamed up to work on a project which investigated the future training needs and workforce requirements for the cardiac physiologist group and the impact on the wider workforce across the United Kingdom. The project looked at three key areas: recruitment and retention; training gaps and issues and workforce modelling.
Read the British Heart Foundation Report>>>
18 Week Resource Pack Published
The NHS has embarked on the delivery of one of its most ambitious access targets to date. By the end of 2008, the service will have a total of 18 weeks to refer, diagnose and start treating a patient from their first presentation. The 18 week resource pack has been designed to be used by all staff involved in planning for the 18 week patient pathway - be they workforce, service and HR planners, or clinical leads in primary, secondary or social care.
Find out more about the 18 Week pack>>>
Sign up to receive 18 Week pack updates>>>
PET-CT Project
As part of the Government's commitment to achieving the 31 and 62 day cancer waiting time targets, an expansion in the number of positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) sites in England is planned over the next 18 months. In support of this WRT was commissioned to carry out a project to research and evaluate the workforce elements required to successfully meet the needs of the planned expansion of PET-CT services. The report is now available on the healthcare workforce portal.
Read the PET-CT report>>>
National Survey of the Specialist Palliative Care Workforce
The workforce sub-group of the National Partnership Group for Palliative Care, which includes the Workforce Review Team, has carried out the first detailed survey of the specialist palliative care workforce in England. This has covered all 34 cancer networks and all staff groups, broken down into medical, nursing and all other staff who work in the multi-disciplinary team.
Find out more about the Palliative Care Workforce survey>>>
Long Term Conditions (LTC) Workforce Development Resource Pack Evaluation Survey
Supporting, caring for, and treating people with long term conditions is one of the dominant themes for health and social care services. During 2006 the Workforce Projects Team held a number of workshops across the country introducing a resource pack to help guide workforce development in this area. If you attended any of the workshops, or if you've discovered the resource pack since, we're now gathering your opinions on its content and relevance.
Complete the short evaluation survey>>>
Download the Long Term Conditions Workforce Development Resource Pack>>>
Click here for details on how to register on all of our workshops.
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NHS Benchmarking Database Workshops - January and February (London and Manchester). A series of workshops aimed at commissioners, service leads and those new to workforce planning or unfamiliar with the original acute or PCT workforce planning and development databases. The workshops - with 15 places at each session - include more details about benchmarking (what is it and how do you do it?) as well as practical exercises using the Workforce Projects Team's NHS Benchmarking Database and how to interpret the results produced.
Click here to register for one of four workshops>>>
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Healthcare Workforce Portal
We want your views of the healthcare workforce portal. What do you think of the site? Can you find everything you need quickly and easily? How could we improve the site for you? We'll consider all suggestions and let you know how we're getting on with them.
Fill in the comments form here>>>
Case Studies
We hope you find the healthcare workforce portal and the resources it contains useful and relevant. Which of the resources have you used? How have you used them? Has life in your team or department changed for the better because of using our resources? If it has, please let us know more by completing a case study outline. We want to share your experiences online - with everyone else who looks at the portal.
Fill in the case study template>>>
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