Workforce Transformation

The North West (NW) Allied Health Professions (AHP) Workforce and Education Report provides a comprehensive profile of the current (2012) regional AHP workforce, and identifies workforce risks and opportunities for this professional group in the future.The NW AHP Workforce Board is a strategic group focusing on a broad range of issues to support the AHP workforce. The Board provides strategic leadership and influence, working in partnership with key stakeholders at a national and local level.

Enabling Workforce Transformation in General Practice’ was hosted by Health Education North West at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington on 29 January 2015. A total of three sub-regional events were held, with additional events in Preston and Manchester. Each event was attended by approximately 70 healthcare professionals, including practice managers and general practitioners.Transformation of the workforce is an essential component of Health Education England’s vision. In the North West this means “Developing a workforce responsive to changes in care, now and in the future”.

Enabling Workforce Transformation in General Practice’ was hosted by Health Education North West at the Samelsbury Hotel, Preston on 22 January 2015. A total of three sub-regional events were held, with additional events in Preston and Manchester. Each event was attended by healthcare professionals, including practice managers and general practitioners.Transformation of the workforce is an essential component of Health Education England’s vision. In the North West this means “Developing a workforce responsive to changes in care, now and in the future”.

Enabling Workforce Transformation in General Practice’ was hosted by Health Education North West at The Place Aparthotel, Manchester on 5 February 2015. A total of three sub-regional events were held, with additional events in Preston and Manchester. Each event was attended by healthcare professionals, including practice managers and general practitioners.Transformation of the workforce is an essential component of Health Education England’s vision. In the North West this means “Developing a workforce responsive to changes in care, now and in the future”.

The Workforce Development Fund (WDF) is a funding stream from the Department of Health disseminated by Skills for Care. It focuses on the achievement of qualification units and supports the ongoing professional development of staffacross the adult social care sector.For employers, accessing WDF significantly contributes towards the costs of workers’ completing units and qualifications on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). It can also be used to help fund the delivery of intermediate and advanced level Apprenticeships in social care.

This overview provides links and general information on key sources of NHS workforce information.If you would like to suggest additional sources of workforce related information please contact us.General Enquiries eWIN@yh.hee.nhs.uk; or Tel: 0113 394 7984 Debbie Bottomley 

The Psychological Professions Network (PPN North West) is a new multi-professional network established with the support of Health Education North West (HENW) in collaboration with the Centre for Professional Workforce Development (CPWD).The network brings together a wide range of psychological practitioners from across the region including; psychologists, counsellors, psychotherapists, clinical academics, trainers and trainees, and the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) workforce including psychological wellbeing practitioners and high intensity cognitive behaviour therapist

According to the Social Enterprise organisation, a social enterprise is “a business that trades for a social and/or environmental purpose. It will have a clear sense of its ‘social mission’: which means it will know what difference it is trying to make, who it aims to help, and how it plans to do it. It will bring in most or all of its income through selling goods or services.

Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber (HEYH) is making significant investment in the recruitment and training of 200 Advanced Practitioners (APs) recruited over the next three years, to be deployed throughout the region to maximise staff potential and help reduce reliance on medical staff. Advanced Practioner Framework To ensure sustainability for the initiative, HEYH are developing a multidisciplinary AP Framework to provide system-wide recognition of these roles, aid transferability between organisations, and support diffusion of best practice.

Preceptorship is a well evidenced mechanism to support the transition of newly qualified Health Care Professional to competent practitioner. It can reduce transitional stress associated with realising their full accountability whilst being a novice competent Health Care Practitioner by being provided with structured support, advice and from a colleague.