The CfWI produces quality intelligence to inform better workforce planning that improves people’s lives

The Centre for Workforce Intelligence

IHWC Plenary 1: Update on health workforce agencies

May 2013

Meena Mahil

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The new healthcare system in England

Our Mission

To become the

primary source of

workforce

intelligence for health

and social care

We produce quality

intelligence to inform

better workforce

planning that improves

people’s lives

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Our vision

To be the national

authority on workforce

planning and

development,

providing advice and

information

to the NHS and social

care system.

Our values

Everyone working

together

Quality counts

Respect

Improving lives

Dignity

Compassion

Care

The care and health workforce in

England is significant…

...because of its size

...over 1.4 million people in the NHS

...1.63 million adult social care workers

...and also because of the work itself

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CfWI Strategy 2013-14 overview

Leadership

Intelligence

Planning

n Department of Health, NHS

Commissioning Board, Health

Education England, Local

education and training boards

n CEOs (health and social care)

Policy

Decision making

Delivery

n Directors of workforce

n HR

n Managers and finance

n Planners

n Service managers

n Team leaders

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CfWI priorities 2013-14

Leadership

Intelligence

Planning

n Shape of the healthcare workforce

n Horizon scanning

n Approach to integrated healthcare

n Supporting the new organisations – HEE, LETBs etc

n Medical and dental

n Nursing and midwifery

n Social care

n Pathway approaches

n Securing the future workforce supply

(SFWS)

n Tools

n Templates

n Good practice vignettes

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Demands on the healthcare sector...

... will evolve with changing demographics and societal shifts. How can we

plan for and develop the healthcare workforce to meet these demands?

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Example of our work...

Medical and Dental Student Intakes

http://www.cfwi.org.uk/publications/medical-and-dental-scenario-workshops-2012

http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/12/medical-school-intakes/

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Example of our work...

Our Robust Workforce Planning Framework:

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INSIDE – OUT

Aspirational futures and

policies to achieve them

System dynamics model

Supply and demand

without policy action

Policy levers to

investigate

Time

D

S

A B

C D

OUTSIDE – IN

Challenging but plausible

futures outside our

control

Narrative scenarios

Parameters that are

intrinsically uncertain

Delphi workshop to

quantify scenarios

for modelling

X Y Z

ROBUST WORKFORCE

MODELLING

Assess impact of

each policy on

supply and

demand A B C

Y

Z

X

High

Low

Area of

interest

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Robust workforce modelling

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Example of our work...

Big picture challenges:

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Our workforce briefings

Topics:

How can we recruit and retain sufficient domiciliary care workers

to meet future demand?

How can the workforce be used to address the challenges facing

emergency departments?

What role will informal carers have in meeting future demand?

How can band 1-4 staff be utilised to improve workforce

productivity and meet demand?

What does 24/7 working mean for the workforce?

How can we promote diffusion and adoption of technology and

innovation across the workforce?

What leaders will we need to address the big picture challenges?

How do we achieve effective safeguarding across health and

social care?

How could the community workforce alleviate some of the

pressure on general practitioners and improve joint –working

across primary and community care?

What does a flexible workforce look like?

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Example of our proposed future work

A snapshot...

Overall approach diagram

(right) visualises the

relationship between big picture

challenges, driving forces,

clusters and scenarios to allow

a high level view of the

workforce

Proposal is to link information

from individual reviews and to

also engage stakeholders to

address gaps

Aim is to support the DH’s 20-

year strategic vision for the

health and social care

workforce

Centre for Workforce Intelligence 209 – 215 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NL T +44 (0)20 7803 2707

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www.cfwi.org.uk

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