Liberating the NHS: Developing the Healthcare Workforce ...

There also needs to be reference to co-operation on staff over-supply – the focus ison shortages, but oversupply, particularly in terms of parts of the medical workforceis likely to be the greater issue over the next few years.Q12: Are there other incentives and ways in which we could ensure that there is anappropriate degree of cooperation, coherence and consultation in the system? Workforce and education outcomes framework to support the service outcomesframework, which clearly sets the role of workforce and education front and centre toservice delivery A “kite mark” that would be a mark of quality and credibility for AWP benefits ofmembership such as access to NHS resources (as mentioned eLearning andknowledge resources) Ensure service commissions include requirements relating to education,development, knowledge and skills as a long term objective Build on and refine current systems.Consultation Questions – Chapter 6Q13: Are these the right functions that should be assigned to the Health EducationEngland Board? The structure does not go far in enough to radically streamlining the whole health andsocial care workforce planning, education and training system. There needs to bemore emphasis on social care within HEE – could this not be Health and Social CareEducation England? Is there merit in exploring whether the National Leadership Council should sit withinHEE – this will ensure a more streamlined link to local delivery of leadership withinskills networks Previous comments stand about including Skills for Health/Care within this system. We would not want to see a separation between the workforce work led by HEE andthe commissioner work led by the NHS Commissioning Board. Workforcedevelopment plans will need to be closely linked to policy and strategic planning aswell as embedded in provider responsibilities There are functions that sit nationally at the moment that are not specificallymentioned such as national lead on knowledge resources to specific corerequirements and quality standards which should be led by the professions throughHEE There needs to be clarity about how HEE will interface with the NHS CommissioningBoard for dentistry and how the Dental Programme Board in turn will interface withthe National Dental Commissioning Board.Q14: How should the accountability framework between healthcare provider skillsnetworks and HEE be developed? Timing for the development of accountability frameworks is tight therefore earlyidentification of “leads” for skills networks will be essential to negotiate the frameworkSouth Central Strategic Health Authority – DHW Consultation Response 7