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Workforce capacity
The Workforce Capacity team works with both the NHS and social care providers to ensure that they have the workforce to deliver the NHS agenda. Productivity of the workforce is also being improved by supporting the NHS to redesign services, where appropriate, and to work more efficiently. These aims are delivered through good people management and the use of appropriate delivery tools.
18-Week Workforce
The 18 Weeks Workforce Team is working with SHAs to identify how best to support Trusts in creating sustainable workforce solutions to facilitate the 18 Week standard.
Productive time
Productive time is about making best use of staff time. It is not about getting staff to work harder, but about enabling staff to work smarter. This section sets out how efficiency and productive time are likely to impact on the service.
European Working Time Directive
The European Working Time Directive (EWTD) is both a challenge and an opportunity for the NHS to modernise its services. From 2004, this health and safety legislation extends to apply to doctors in training, who have traditionally worked long hours and provided out of hours medical cover.
Additionality
Additionality involves a restrictive covenant in centrally negotiated contracts with the independent sector (IS). It was introduced in 2002 when DH was seeking to expand NHS capacity whilst conserving NHS clinical skills. When introduced, it meant that for the Wave 1 ISTC programme, independent sector employers (IS) were prohibited from recruiting anyone who has worked for the NHS for a period of 6 months after they had left the NHS. Several changes to the policy have since been agreed.
New ways of working
The New Ways of Working teams aim to modernise the NHS workforce by helping to secure the right numbers of motivated, developed staff in the right locations.
Children's workforce
Long term conditions workforce
Workforce numbers
Workforce numbers is the system used by the Department to provide information on NHS staff numbers to both external and internal customers.
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Primary care workforce planning framework
The Framework will help PCTs to shape their plans to develop and modernise the primary care workforce and to achieve the minimum GP recruitment targets for 2002-03 and 2003-04.
Improvement leaders' guides
Current thinking and practical advice for everyone involved in improving patient care and experience.
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