London's workforce
London's response to the Workforce Consultation
NHS London has supported the development of a response on behalf of the NHS in London to the Department for Health's consultation paper on education and training – ‘Liberating the NHS - Developing the Healthcare Workforce'
The Consultation Paper sets out proposals to establish a new framework for developing the healthcare workforce and seeks views on the systems and processes that will be needed to support it. It proposes how the new healthcare workforce system will fit with the White Paper reforms, by introducing Skills Networks, so that employers have greater autonomy and accountability for planning and developing the workforce, alongside greater ownership of the quality of education and training by the professions.
The proposals aim to deliver:
- Robust workforce planning to ensure sufficient numbers of appropriately skilled healthcare staff in the right areas;
- A flexible workforce that can respond to the needs of local demand;
- Continuous improvement in the quality of education; training of staff aspiring for excellence and innovation for high quality care;
- Transparency across provider funding to ensure value for money and demonstrate the quality of education and training; and
- A diverse workforce that has access to education and training as well as opportunities to progress.
The full consultation paper is available at http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_122590 Please note that the consultation closed on 31 March 2011.
Extensive Engagement
NHS London has been supporting extensive engagement of relevant stakeholders across London. Through a series of open engagement sessions, targeted meetings and online surveys, we have heard and reflected the views of healthcare providers, educational networks and those who might be involved in future healthcare provider Skills Networks across London.
A decision-making Healthcare Workforce Transition Executive (HWTE) of senior healthcare provider and professional representatives has been set up who will oversee the consultation process. The HWTE members are as follows:
| Name | Title | Organisation |
| Anne Rainsberry (Chair) | Director of People and Organisational Development | NHS London |
| Employer representatives | ||
Peter Morris | Chief Executive | Barts and the London NHS Trust |
| Averil Dongworth | Chief Executive | Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Stephen Powis | Medical Director | Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust |
| Stuart Bell | Chief Executive | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Anne Greenough | Director of Education and Training | King's College London |
| Nick Hulme | Chief Executive | Croydon Health Services NHS Trust |
| Mike Bailey | Medical Director | St George's Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Janice Sigsworth | Director of Nursing | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Kish Sidhu | Director of Finance | North West London Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Professional and Commissioner Representatives | ||
| Claire Sullivan | Assistant Director | Chartered Society of Physiotherapy |
| Tom Dolphin | Co-Chair, Junior Doctor Committee | British Medical Association |
| Nav Chana | Dean of GP and Community Based Education | London Deanery |
| Diana Hamilton-Fairley | Joint Head of Women's Clinical Academic Group, King's Health Partners Guy's Dean of Secondary Care Commissioning LCMDE | NHS London |
| Maureen Davies | Deputy Chief Nurse | NHS London |
| Helen Cameron | Deputy Director Strategy - NCB lead | NHS London |
Next Steps
Following the submission of the joint London response, NHS London are now supporting development of functional organisational design and beginning to think through transition plans.
We are continuing with active stakeholder engagement and progressing the proposals whilst awaiting the formal response to the consultation from the Department of Health.
Open Engagement Sessions
A series of Open Engagement sessions have been held over the past few months, we received some very helpful contributions from attendees and are currently using the input and comments to inform our system design work.
View the presentation delivered at the May Open Events.
If you have any questions regarding the Open Events please email education.programme@london.nhs.uk to confirm a place at one of these sessions.
NHS London Accelerated Learning Event -9th June
120 health, social care and education colleagues representing a wide range of organisations and disciplines participated in an Accelerated Learning Event .
The purpose of the Accelerated Learning Event was to provide an update on the system design developments andto test it using a challenging scenario in order to provide information to support the next level of system design. Further information about the outcomes from the event will be published soon......
View the presentations from the Accelerated Learning Event
Frequently Asked Questions
Please find Frequently Asked Questions linked here. These will be regularly updated so please continue to check this website.
Contact Us
All stakeholders are welcome to contact the consultation response team at NHS London with any queries or views by emailing us at education.programme@london.nhs.uk
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