1 Insight February 2019

February 2019 February 2019 Insight 1 February 2019 February 2019 Hospital and College team up to “home grow” local NHS workforce arrington and Halton Hospitals and Warrington & Vale Royal WCollege have teamed up signalling a commitment to ‘home grow’ the local NHS workforce of the future. Hospital Chief Executive Mel Pickup so more people can access jobs from and College Principal Nicola Newton the local population have signed a Memorandum of • Giving those without the right skills Understanding to cement the new a second chance to get job ready partnership. skills • Building on the successful The Trust’s relationship with the college apprenticeship hub and work with is the latest in a number of academic businesses to develop higher skilled partnerships with universities, colleges apprenticeships and schools across the region and • Concentrating on supporting graduate is intended to promote initiatives level jobs to attract the highest skilled and opportunities for developing the workers employability skills of and opportunities • Enabling school leavers to get the for college learners and apprentices. qualifications they need to access and create the jobs of the future. Speaking at the formal signing of the MoU, the Trust’s Chief Executive Mel Warrington &Vale Royal Principal Pickup said: “We have launched our and CEO Nichola Newton said: “Our new strategy ‘Becoming an Outstanding partnership will develop opportunities organisation for our patients, our that will meet the needs of learners communities and our staff’ and have on a range of programmes, enabling committed to being an employer of them to participate in high quality choice with a specific ‘People’ pledge and realistic work place experiences, that states ‘We will be the best place to including apprenticeships, traineeships work with a diverse, engaged workforce and supported internships. that is fit for the future’. “The College will ensure that learners “This MoU is an important step in are prepared for work place experience ensuring that we can access and through promoting the high expectations develop local talent required for our of the Trust ensuring that our local future workforce. We offer so many NHS has committed and motivated apprenticeship, volunteering and job learners in the work place, who could opportunities that are both clinical and be considered viable candidates for non-clinical – there really is something future employment within the Trust on for everyone as part of our team.” successful completion of their study. Key to the partnership is the focus on Cementing the relationship the College learners’ experiences in the workplace joins the Trust’s Council of Governors and the potentialemployment pipeline as a partner governor and similarly the into the Trust. Together the MoU sets Trust’s Director of HR and Organisation out how the parties will work on: Development Michelle Cloney joins Warrington & Vale Royal College’s • Improving the skills of the workforce Governing Body. Charity moving forward with plans to deliver a National Disability Museum WARRINGTON Disability Partnership is lives of disabled people, created through experience of developing a number of Living, and together with BAS (NW) moving forward with plans to deliver a sensory stimulation from exhibitions focussed/themed museums including they have refurbished a 100 year old National Disability Museum in the town. of equipment and archived materials, RAF Burtonwood Heritage Centre, wheelchair that they display at local storytelling boards and dialogue. Cheshire Police Museum and Warrington vintage car rallies. The charity’s founder and chief Museum of Freemasonry. Executive Dave Thompson says he has “Current thinking suggests that a The Board of Trustees at Warrington been inundated with positive feedback purpose built centre of excellence Warrington Disability Partnership is an Disability Partnership have agreed since first mentioning the possibility could be developed into a national internationally recognised user led pan- that WDP should lead the debate on on social media. resource, with a three-strand approach disability charity with nearly 30 years’ this development and a list of possible experience of developing and delivering catering for local, national and even partners has been drawn up. Dave, who helped set up the charity international needs.” a wide range of services focussed on nearly 30 years ago after breaking his mobility and independent living, and neck playing American football, says •Locally, a new facility could replace WDP also runs the world’s largest Anyone who would like to be initial discussions via social media the current Centre for Independent annual voluntary led pan disability involved in the discussion about the platforms attracted nearly 1,000 very Living displaying modern day mobility event, Disability Awareness Day that possible development of a National positive comments and discussions all and independent living equipment. was established in 1992. Disability Museum, please contact fully supporting the idea of developing •Nationally, a new facility could Dave Thompson, Chief Executive at a bricks and mortar National Disability include the Disability Museum aimed The charity has a Disability Timeline Warrington Disability Partnership Email Museum. at preserving history, heritage and spanning over 30 metres in the main davethompson@disabilitypartnership. culture of disability. corridor at their Centre for Independent org.uk or call 01925 240064. This was followed by further positive •Internationally, a new facility could discussions with leading organisations include a Design and Development such as the British Health Trades Hub, providing space for equipment Association, British Red Cross, various designers to display their latest disability organisations, disabled equipment. Disabled people, carers, people, educational establishments health and social care professionals and professionals working in museums. could be invited to try and test the equipment on display, and provide Dave said: “All support the notion feedback to developers, with the aim of creating a museum dedicated to of designing mobility and independent preserving the history of disability living equipment that disabled people through exhibits, collections, archives want, and not simply need. and educational programmes. Dave added: “It is nationally accepted “Suggested outcomes include greater that Warrington offers excellent links awareness and understanding of the to road, rail and air travellers, with 2 Insight February 2019 February 2019 From the Chief Executive Colin Daniels Recruitment Crisis Companies are facing the slow down appears to be However there were some biggest recruitment crisis in a weighing on firms with the positive signs in business generation according to a major share of companies reporting investment which has been quarterly study by the British growth in orders and sales adversely affected by political Chambers of Commerce. falling to a two year low, the deadlock over Brexit. The study found. balance of firms reporting The lowest unemployment rate increased investment in staff for nearly 40 years has started to The data was gathered from and equipment rose slightly take its toll on businesses with 6,000 firms employing more across manufacturing and four in five manufacturing firms than 1 million workers in reporting difficulties in securing November last year. service companies. skilled workers. In the services sector which makes up nearly Firms had suggested their The closely watched purchasing 80pc of the economy, seven in confidence in the future had managers index (PMI) scored 10 said they had struggled to slipped with the number of 54.2 in December up from 53.6 Meeting with recruit. firms expecting their turnover in November and well above the and profitability to improve in neutral level of 50 that separate Meanwhile a wider economic the coming months falling back. growth from contraction. Maxime Couvreur Late payers told to clean up their act My recent meeting with Maxime Couvreur Trade Public sector outsources who have “robust measures” to The Government has also Counsellor Belgian Embassy at take months to pay their own ensure that sub-contractors are relaunched its “Mystery his request was a very positive suppliers face being blocked paid on time and are settling Shopper” scheme which meeting and I was able to from bidding for contracts 95pc of their invoices within 60 allows contractors to enlighten him regarding local under new government plans to days of receipt. complain anonymously about businesses in Warrington crack down on late payments. and significant businesses in misbehaviour in public sector A minister at the Cabinet Office Cheshire/Warrington he was From next autumn said those who were found to supply chains. clearly impressed with the procurement bosses will be be paying their suppliers later information regarding the expected to assess whether “could stop winning public It will now be known as the Cheshire/Warrington economy or not suppliers on contracts contracts altogether – until Public Procurement Review and Warrington’s economic worth more than £5m per year they clean up their act”. 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