Integrating health and care in the 21st century workforce

Journal of Integrated Care, Ahead of Print. Purpose The NHS needs to adapt as never before to maintain and plan for an integrated and sustainable multi-professional workforce, spanning all health and care sectors. This cannot happen without system leaders embracing workforce transformation at scale and enabling system-wide collaboration and support for multi-professional learning and role development. “By learning together, we learn how to work together”. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach The case studies included in this paper provide evidence of the ability of NHS systems to adopt integrated workforce models at scale. The case studies were chosen to demon strate how system-wide change is possible, but still requires a partnership approach to innovation, strategic workforce planning and commissioner support for new models of care. Findings With partnership working between arm’s length bodies, commissioners, educators and workforce planners, the NH S is more than capable of generating a transformed workforce; a workforce able to continue providing safe, effective and joined-up person-centred care. Research limitations/implications The focus of this paper is integrated workforce development undertaken by Health Education England from 2017 to the date of drafting. The case studies within this paper relate to England only and are a cross-section chosen by the authors as a representative of Health Education England activity. Practical ...
Source: Journal of Integrated Care - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research