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

Better Care Better Health Better Life 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)

Better Care Better Health Better Life Moving forward Future Forum 1

Better Care Better Health Better Life Workforce and education: Basic architecture Developing the Healthcare Workforce –Provider workforce and education networks –Health Education England –Centre for Workforce Intelligence –Department of Health

Better Care Better Health Better Life National working groups Provider Networks Development Higher Education interface Funding Flows Information Architecture Health Education England Overarching Programme Board

Better Care Better Health Better Life 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 6

Better Care Better Health Better Life 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 9

Better Care Better Health Better Life Timetable October 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 11

Better Care Better Health Better Life 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

Better Care Better Health Better Life 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

Better Care Better Health Better Life 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

Better Care Better Health Better Life 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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