1. NW Core Skills Programme Programme Board Meeting Tuesday, 3 rd April 2012

2. Agenda 1Apologies & Introductions 2Actions from Previous Meeting 3Workstream 1a: CSF Implementation 4Workstream 1b: Skills Passport Implementation 5Workstream 2: Junior Doctors 6Workstream 3: Future Workforce 7Evaluation 8Risk Log & Next Steps

3. Responses to date Returned Assessments Outstanding Assessments North West42 (89%)5 (11%) Cheshire & Merseyside 20 (95%)1 (5%) Cumbria & Lancashire 10 (100%)0 (0%) Greater Manchester 12 (75%)4 (25%)

4. Awareness Status Cheshire & Merseyside Cumbria & Lancashire Greater Manchester Waiting Response 4 (19%) 1 (5%) 5 (50%) 0 (0%) 10 (63%) 4 (25%) Unaware of the CSF 0 (0%) Not implementing the CSF 2 (10%) 3 (30%) 2 (13%) 0 (0%) Planning to implement the CSF 13 (62%) 11 (52%) 2 (20%) 5 (50%) 3 (19%) 7 (58%) Partially implemented the CSF 2 (10%) 7 (33%) 0 (0%) 2 (20%) 1 (6%) 4 (25%) Fully implemented the CSF 0 (0%) 1 (6%)

5. Agenda 1Apologies & Introductions 2Actions from Previous Meeting 3Workstream 1a: CSF Implementation 4Workstream 1b: Skills Passport Implementation 5Workstream 2: Junior Doctors 6Workstream 3: Future Workforce 7Evaluation 8Risk Log & Next Steps

6. Impact Measures

7. Identified Benefits that the CSF is expected to Deliver 1.Increased efficiency in the delivery of Core Skills Training 2.Reduced organisational /institutional costs for delivery of Core Skills Training 3.Prevent duplication of Core Skills Training 4.Improved consistency and quality for Core Skills Training 5.Enable local subject matters to focus more on targeted training/risk interventions 6.Increase compliance level with expected national quality standards 7.Increased productivity at time of employment/placement 8.Increased learner understanding and appreciation of the purpose and value of Core Skills Training

8. Proposed Key Metrics for the Core Skills Framework 2012 Initial Impact Measures By July 70% of NHS organisations have committed to adopting the CSF (1&4) By August 2012 600 junior doctors will have completed CSF compliant content and this is recorded in a central sharable database (1,2,3 &4) Those doctors who complete the deanery sponsored CSF delivery do not have to repeat content at local level. (1&3) 100% of HEIS have adopted the CSF and have commenced incorporation into programmes from September 2012. (1,2,3 & 4) By September 100% of organisations will accept CSF learning from HEIs. (1,2,3 & 4) System/Processes By August 2012 there will be a tool available to enable organisations to calculate their own return on investment in relation to CSF (2) By July 2012 there will be an interim Skills Register capturing details of CSF training undertaken and organisations confident in its use. (1&3) By October 2012 there will be scenario based competency based assessment s for use by organisations (4,5&8)

9. Implications Engagement/Levers Formal sign up Use of the Learning Development Agreements /Commissioning Contracts How do we respond to those organisations/institutions not signing up? System/Peer Pressure Required Developments Quality Assurance Process An agreed Metrics Dashboard Evaluation Framework Standardised audit/evaluation tools Training/Peer Review Mechanism Further development in assessment and e- resources Case Studies (Junior Doctor Cost/ Learner satisfaction/ Organisational Response)

10.  Core Skills Framework 70% of NHS in the NW to adopt the CSFSept 2012  Skills Passport Skills Register availableJuly 2012  Junior Doctors Both Deaneries content aligned to the CSFJuly 2012  Future Workforce HEIs adopt CSF across 70% of programmesSept 2012 Key Targets