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Developing the Healthcare Workforce: NW Stakeholder Forum 15th July Chris Jeffries Acting Director of Workforce and Education NHS NW

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Policy Context

• Developing the Healthcare Workforce consultation closed 31 March

• Listening Exercise: Education and training closed 31 May

• Government response to listening exercise June• Final Guidance on workforce and education

future arrangements: Autumn (October)

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Moving forward

Future Forum

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Workforce and education: Basic architecture• Developing the Healthcare Workforce

– Provider workforce and education networks– Health Education England– Centre for Workforce Intelligence – Department of Health

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National working groups

•Provider Networks Development•Higher Education interface•Funding Flows•Information Architecture•Health Education England•Overarching Programme Board

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Health Education England National leadership and strong accountability

Whole workforce and inter-professional approach

Strong relationships health, care and education partners

Governance that reflects balance between professionals, services, public and patients, education

Framework for dealing with smaller professions

Make UK-wide links

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Local Workforce and Education and Training Networks Networks, led by healthcare providers & bringing together

organisations & professionals from across health & care

Time to develop

Core part of NHS – have regard to NHS Constitution and NHS values: new statutory body or FT hosting

Rigorous authorisation process

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Timetable

October 2011

Autumn 2011

Autumn 2011

During 2012

April 2013

SHA Cluster arrangements in place

DH publish more detail on Education & Training

SHAs, healthcare providers and education sector work on education commissioning for 2012/13 and 2012 medical recruitment

Health Education England established as Special Health Authority in shadow form

Health Education England take over operational and financial responsibilities; SHAs abolished

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Developing the Healthcare workforce: North West position• Consensus for 3 workforce and education

networks– Cumbria and Lancashire– Cheshire and Merseyside– Greater Manchester

• Consensus for shared services• To be decided:

– Legal entity– Nature of shared services

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Developing the Healthcare workforce Programme Board• Programme Board to oversee transition to

networks• Programme management• Development of stakeholder forum to support

programme board• Development of three network leadership groups• Evolution of stakeholder fora to support each

network

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Next actions

• Consult on Governance framework– Three networks– Membership of network leadership group– Election proposals membership– Roles of network leadership groups

• Set up networks• Develop ways of working for networks• Mapping of expenditure to networks

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NW Timescale• Networks governance consultation July/August• Set up networks September to October• Network boards start November• Involvement of providers in commissioning and budget

decisions November to March• Decoupling setting up the legal entity from networks set

up • Await guidance before taking legal entity work further• SHA to remain the legal entity until April 2013 within

cluster

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Thanks and any questions