Address Local Needs with Robust Workforce Planning & Developmen

Minutes for the Education & Learning Steering Group (ELSG)

Date: Wednesday 31st March 2010

Time: 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Venue: Boardroom 1, LACE Conference Centre

Attendees:

Rosemary Barnes (RB) Liz Kirk (LK) Knowsley PCT Cheshire HR Service Seán Bradbury (SB) (Chair) Alison Lumely (AL) Network lead for CM tPCT NHS Sefton Ann Bryan (AB) Sean MacKay (SM) Chester University Liverpool John Moores University Alison Farrar (AF) Jean Mannix (JM) ChaMPs Network Chester University Mike Gibney (MG) Trish Mattinson (TM) (on behalf of Angela Delea) HR Senior Manager, Liverpool PCT Liverpool Community Health Pat Gilmore (PG) Joe McArdle (JMc) Wirral PCT NHS North West Liz Hedgecock (LH) Denise Prescott (DP) C&M Workforce Modernisation Network Liverpool University Sean Humphreys (SH) (Minutes) Karen Seddon (KS) Administrator for CM tPCT Warrington PCT

Apologies:

Kathryn Lowe (KL) Edge Hill University

Item Overview Action

Minutes of Minutes reviewed and agreed. Previous Meeting (SB) CM tPCT SB gave summary of current CM tPCT activity. update (SB) Simulation Centre Out of 36 days purchased, 6 remain. This is due to unforeseen circumstances (swine flu etc.). These remaining days must be used by Aug ’10 and are therefore available on a “first come- first serve” basis. Contact Neal Jones at the Simulation Centre to Book.

SB to send KS details for HMP Liverpool and Kennet to set up SB joint sessions for Prison Health Care staff.

Relate Sim. Centre to a wider regional (North-West) audience,

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SB to contact Ralph McKinney. SB

Child Illness Programme Programme has been well received but is ending in May (2010). LPCT is taking this programme forward, while HSH PCT are developing a similar programme JMc highlight the need to utilise regional PCTs and work- based analysis to bring staff on board.

Commissioning Project First CPD event took place in March, further CPD events PCT Leads planned for later in the year. Secured 35 PQF places. SB requested that CM tPCT to centrally control places to ensure used efficiency.

Skills Passport – Pilot scheme Pilot scheme due to end in March 2010, but is well received in Cheshire PCTs. A regional business case is being created, with the aim to bring enough staff on board.

Statutory & Mandatory Training 10 subjects have so far been regionally recognised across the eight PCTs. With three other regions taking the same approach, there is a big potential to save money. This can only be achieved, by all organisations acknowledging a core set of competencies for Stat & Man training, this can be achieved through the ELSG.

Website Development Being re-launched in May 2010. To be use as a central communication tool, which should link key programmes and projects of all ELSG members together. Needs input/content to be sustainable and relevant.

SHA update Budgets agreed with Dept. of Health – still £3M short. (JMc) Primary Care contract – credits have been taken away to manage areas (mental health for e.g.) and are proportionate to increased flexibility of staff and changes in/management of salary components.

Secured funding for CM tPCT (third and final year).

CPD cash allocation based upon workforce population – because of workforce geodiversity, now focussed on Band 4 & 5 (as recorded on ESR) for secondary care organisation – Money will follow staff following any re-structuring.

Perceptionship ESR data only available for 3 months, therefore budget forecasting always 3 months behind – can’t predict workforce

outcomes. £550 available for Band 5 clinical staff who have not been on ESR/previously identified as newly qualified nurse graduates

NEXT YEAR: How to capture students/future staff under the Virtual Management/Coach Service

End-to-End workshops (JMc to give copy to SB) MPET review letters sent out to help org understand the impact of annually turnover. JMc Transactions can’t last longer than 4 years or have a greater impact of 0.48% on the annual turnover figure. Will take 3-6 years to get through this transition period.

New Standards of Nursing Consultation ends April 21st 2010. A shared curriculum through the universities, to help distribute info evenly (reducing duplicity) has been signed up in principle.

KS raised issue over Vacancy Fee’s – There is a reluctance to bring staff back into their original posts, therefore we are not managing the expectations set for developing workforce JMc to get pathways. feedback

Priorities for SB & MG split the group in two separate teams. SB to CM tPCT for SB’s team looked at what the CM tPCT should to deliver for prioritise the coming the coming year. MG’s team looked at the Strategic drivers for and bring year (MG & SB) that need to underpin the activity. to next meeting Commissioning - long term vision of Strategic / Commercial Procurement and Talent Management

Skills Passport & Stat. Training – benefit realisation & efficiency savings. QIPP & Efficiency Agenda will increase training, increase workforce productivity and increase efficiency. With the financial support/backing from the board and help from HEIs, the ELSG can drive these collaborative changes.

L&D Wellbeing – Following Boorman report need to equip managers with skills to support Wellbeing of staff. Wellbeing needs to be integrated with Public Health.

Networking – ELSG network group will be unique across the health/academic boundary, helping to strengthen and support involved partners.

Understanding & Sharing Policies – having shared agenda under one health outcome we cam support Partner network helping skills developed to filter through past director-level (becoming “less elitist”)

Funding for NVQ’s / All graduate nursing – Strategically important. Need to understand, tariffs, key engagements and how to develop primary care. Re-shaping the workforce through wider access.

PQF / SPQF – CM tPCT can join and support submissions and commission modules. Health care can be accredited through CM tPCT.

Membership & “Who we feed in to?” – With the correct knowledge the agenda can be pushed forward and cross the academic boundary. Gain clarity for HEI’s. TCS / Community care.

Evidence & Assurance – ELSG is a sounding board for new ideas. People buying into ‘AQUA’ – translating what it means for your org.

KSF – Re-implementing KSF and supporting organisations, with safe and secure handling of medicines.

e-learning – Gaps present

Reducing duplication – Unifying skills passport and stat & man training.

6 ELSG AL: Finished last of restructuring in Provider-arm. Director left. Member update (All) LK: PCT and organisation restructuring.

SM: Funding for sector has decreased outside the NHS contract. Half-way through recruiting practioners (actual decrease in the number of practioners)

TM: Re-structuring to become ‘Liverpool Community Health’

LH: 20th May; C&M Workforce Meeting. 27th May; Drop-in session for developing recruits.

KS: Warrington NHS – Chief Exec left and new acting- Chief Exec. 30% provider arm to Warr. Hosp. 30% provider arm to Wigan. New PDR process project - have to have completed PDP. Increased completion rate and tighter restrictions on budget. L&D – currently has 2 groups (HR & OD) – scope to create a third group. Decommissioned service team to re-deploy within the NHS. Pilot scheme to provide the basis for circulation of education programme with uni’s and local org (DAS & NHS Wirral staff).

JMc: Discussed in Item 4.

JM: Develop recruitment for specialist practioner. Improvement in external candidates. Figures the same as last year. Marketing and recruitment (10th June) – working with children. Research with Dept. of Health; advertising for health visits and ‘Healthy Child Programme’. Governance agreement

RB: Constant changes. Two main changes to the L&D team include: Apprenticeship agenda and ‘Skills for Life’ development across the workforce.

AF: CEO for network now Derek Campbell. QIPP – 12month project ‘Core Health Promotion; Skills for Undergrad. Nursing’ – project going well/well received by HEI (6 days worth of training, with 3 year evaluation by HEI professor). Edge Hill interested in adding this project into their undergrad curriculum. Develop a public health and leadership programme – directed at Band 7+ (pilot scheme). Develop online tool based on public health competencies – training needs analysis – sits on public forecast website (available end of April). Regional roadshows (June – July)

Denise: Major restructuring

MG: Splitting from Provider arm by 1st of July (operational after another 3 months)

7 Any other None business 8 Date & Time 26th May 2010 of Next Meeting