Knowsley Health and Wellbeing brings together NHS Knowsley with Knowsley Borough Council Directorate of Wellbeing Services (adult social care; leisure and cultural services). The organisation has pursued competence based workforce planning for the End of Life and Long Term Conditions Care Pathways. It has developed models identifying workforce competences and structures required to deliver End of Life and Long Term Conditions care.
This re-designed and enhanced drop-in service was introduced by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust to improve access and quality of service for patients with low back pain. The service is run by experienced physiotherapists who offer early assessment advice and reassurance. Waiting times are now minimal, duplicate referrals and unnecessary diagnostics have been vastly reduced, and patient outcomes are good with improved productivity.
Health Education North West is responsible for the education, training and continuing personal development (CPD) of every member of NHS staff, and recruiting for values in the North West.
The careers event was held to showcase career opportunities in Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM subjects). The event provided an opportunity to showcase NHS careers in STEM subjects and in particular Apprenticeship opportunities that are being currently advertised in Pharmacy, Healthcare Science, the Ambulance service and Dental Nursing. Opportunities in all these disciplines will be advertised in the next few weeks and the majority of these Apprenticeships are planned to start September 2015.
Welcome to this first edition of the stakeholder briefing for this project.This edition will introduce the project and the project team, and will be followed bi-monthly with an update on progress.This project is a piece of research to find ways of creating portfolio careers across the Lancashire health and social care economy that will help us to address existing and predicted workforce gaps.We want to encourage people to positively choose this area to work in, offer interesting and imaginative opportunities for staff and to provide the support needed to retain skills and capability locally
HEE publish the second Workforce Plan for England, which sets out the £5bn investment to be made in education and training programmes for 2015/16.It is built upon the needs of local employers, commissioners and other stakeholders who, as members of the Local Education Training Boards (LETBs), have shaped the thirteen local plans that are the bedrock of this plan for England.
This document presents a brief summary and guide to the workforce data signposting tool; an online resource which signposts to publically available workforce planning and related data sources across the public sector.
The core purpose of the Education Commissioning plan is to ensure there is an appropriate supply of clinical staff who have the skills, knowledge, values and attitudes to meet the needs of patients, carers and healthcare employers.
The core purpose of the Education Commissioning plan is to ensure there is an appropriate supply of clinical staff who have the skills, knowledge, values and attitudes to meet the needs of patients, carers and healthcare employers. Central to this is the recognition that users of healthcare services should expect the highest level of safe and individualised care and that staff are able to access high quality education and training based on the best available evidence.
Pharmacy Workforce Development in the North West: ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2014This Report has been prepared for Health Education NW by Geoff Saunders, Programme Manager - Pharmacy Networks and Alison Pritchard, NW Lead for Pharmacy Support Staff Training. Development and has been approved by the NW PWDB.The annual report contains information on: