Sector
Skills
Agreement
EC
Chris Wintle
10th June 2008
Skills for Health
The Sector Skills Council for the health
sector.
Licensed by Department for Education
and Skills (England) on behalf of all four
UK nations
Supported by all 4 UK Health
Departments
Workforce approx 2.3 million.
Health sector across the UK
We cover the whole health sector:
NHS
Independent / private
Voluntary employers
We cover all UK Nations and Regions:
9 English Regions
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Strategic Intent
‘Develop a skilled flexible and
productive workforce for the whole
health sector in all UK nations, to raise
the quality of health and healthcare for
the public, patients and service users’
The Health workforce in
SE is diverse
Benefits from a large number of volunteers
The workforce is largely female (78%)
38% workforce part-time (28% whole economy)
The workforce is predominantly white (89%)
73% work predominantly in the public sector
21% work predominately in the private sector
Replacement Demand
Estimates
Assuming that retirement profiles do not dramatically change
over the period (2006 to 2016) and using a conservative 5%
estimate for all other turnover, it is estimated that by 2016,
the NHS in the South East region will need to replace
approximately:
63% of the professionally qualified clinical staff i.e.
nurses, physiotherapists etc.
68% of clinical support staff
60% of NHS infrastructure staff (including Admin &
clerical, managers).
Regional work plan 08/09
Develop & publish a Regional Sector
Skills Agreement
Support the Joint Investment Framework
Publication of Regional Labour Market
Intelligence
Support development of local workforce
solutions e.g. Maternity Support Workers
Regional Sector Skills
Agreement
Employer led
Sector wide
With 12 & 24 month action plans
With measurable outcomes
Extensive consultation
Sector Skills Agreement
(SSA)
A key mechanism for health sector employers to:
identify their skills needs and gaps
define and prioritise training and productivity
requirements now and in the future
Series of agreements between:
sector employers;
education/training providers;
funding bodies;
And the government to ensure that…
“The skills the sector wants are the skills the
sector gets”
Regional Sector Skills
Agreement
What are Employer needs
Sector wide – joined up approach
Needs defined in functional terms
Aligned to the Career Framework
Wide consultation – across sector &
region
Traditional Case – meeting the
needs of the system not the patient
Mark is 14. At 1600 one Saturday he lacerated
his left leg while playing football with his friends
on a local playing field.
The laceration is superficial and 10cm in length.
His parents and an ambulance are called at
1605.
Process Map – hitting targets
but failing the patient
Max 8 minutes target
1600 leg
laceration
2000
Home
1605
999 call
1930
Discharged
1607
Ambulance
dispatched
1910
Treatment
1612
Ambulance
on scene
1712
Nurse
Triage
1615
parents
arrive
1705
Hand over
Max 4 hours target
1625
Leave
scene
1655
Arrive ED
ECP – a competence based
approach – Benefits?
1600 leg
laceration
1605
999 call
1650
Home
1640
Discharged
1607 ECP
dispatched
1620
Treatment
1612 ECP
on scene
1615
parents
arrive
Benefits from the second
process map:
All targets were still met e.g. 8 minute
response time
30 min. journey avoided (60 min)
4 hour pathway, reduced to 40 minutes
Productivity & financial benefits
(reduced EC attendance + £28 – 85K)
Has the system changed?
Why do clinical staff need help?
“There I am, standing by the shore of a swiftlyflowing river, and I hear the sound of a drowning
man. So I jump into the river, pull him to the shore
and apply artificial respiration. Just as he starts to
breath, another cry for help. So back into the
river: pulling, applying, breathing then another
yell. Again and again. You know, I’m so busy
saving them, that I have no time to see who is
upstream pushing them all in.” Dr I. K. Zola 1973
Chris Wintle – Regional Director
The Career
Framework
for
Health
01256 783053 / 07867537899
[email protected]
www.skillsforhealth.org.uk