Overview

In this overview Polly James reflects on her learning after attending the National Health and Wellbeing Conference.

"On the 8th October 2019 I was grateful to be representing HEE working across the North West at ‘The National Workplace Health and Wellbeing Conference’ aimed at outlining the latest insights currently being used by public and private sector companies, to support employers in developing high quality health and wellbeing strategies."

We are excited to launch a new resource to support organisations in implementing robust Workforce Planning.

The Recipe for Workforce Planning is an easy-to-use online tool driven by a dynamic process map; users click on each stage of the process to access resources and view the activities needed to complete that stage. The Recipe is a repository for best practice and facilitates peer support through a discussion forum.

This international conference, chaired by Michelle Beecroft from Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, was designed to inform delegates of some of the challenges healthcare providers face around embedding key values, exploring the approaches used in America, New Zealand and Australia over the last 20 years to overcome such challenges. Furthermore consideration was given to the tools currently in use or in development within the UK.

Keynote Presentations:

NHS England, in partnership with Health Education England, hosted the North of England Health Visiting Celebrate, Share and Learn event at the Hilton Leeds City on 15 October 2014.

The event was chaired by Teresa Fenech, Deputy Director: Quality Assurance, NHS England who gave a warm welcome to almost 200 health visiting professionals from across the North, including; health visitors, midwives, school nurses, local authority staff, managers and other early years staff.

On the evening of 5 June, in glorious surrounds, Manchester Museum hosted the North West’s regional award ceremony to mark Adult Learners’ Week.Hundreds of people came together to hear the inspirational stories of adults who have been transformed by their learning experiences and the impact this learning has had on others.Health Education North West is celebrating and promoting the national learning campaign Adult Learners Week in 2014 through a series of health and social care awards because we know learning is good for people and organisations and We Care About People Who Care.

Library information services are part of the core business of the NHS, ensuring access to the best evidence and the skills to evaluate it. Library information services are essential for supporting:

• Clinical decision making
• Commissioning decision and policy making
• Lifelong learning by all NHS staff
• Research

Library information services are part of the core business of the NHS, ensuring access to the best evidence and the skills to evaluateit. Library information services are essential for supporting:

•     Clinical decision making
•     Commissioning decision and policy making
•     Lifelong learning by all NHS staff
•     Research

The first ever NHS North West Games event took place in Merseyside in September 2011, involving over 300 members of staff from 17 NHS Trusts across the North West region.The teams came together to compete in football, netball, badminton, rounders, touch rugby and athletics competitions.

To coincide with the 5th National Apprenticeship Week, NHS North West’s Apprenticeship Promise was officially launched on 3rd February 2012 at NHS North West’s Headquarters in Manchester. Apprentices and NHS Trust representatives from across the region attended the launch along with strategic partners. 

Yorkshire & Humber ESR Self Service EventDue to the increasing interest from the region the Yorkshire and Humber Special Interest Group held a Self Service Event, to enable users to share experiences of implementing ESR Self Service, lessons learned, resources required and the benefits.