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Nursing Workforce Issues

Nursing Workforce Issues. Peter Meredith-Smith. Role Workforce planning experience Current input to workforce issues Perspective underpinning session. Aims of session. Outline factors impacting on workforce Summarise the challenges ahead Explain how the agenda is being addressed

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Nursing Workforce Issues

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  1. Nursing Workforce Issues

  2. Peter Meredith-Smith • Role • Workforce planning experience • Current input to workforce issues • Perspective underpinning session Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  3. Aims of session • Outline factors impacting on workforce • Summarise the challenges ahead • Explain how the agenda is being addressed • Suggest risks & opportunities • Share DH and WG perspectives • Discuss issues for Imaging Nurses Forum Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  4. Workforce: Current Issues • Economic environment • Changing models of care • Technological advances • Demography Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  5. Workforce: Current Issues (2) • User demand • User expectation • Independent healthcare provision • Clinical Education Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  6. Addressing the Challenges • Together in Health • Workforce Framework • Workforce Planning • Clinical Education • New Ways of Working Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  7. New Ways of Working • 24/7 Services • Shift to Primary Care & Community • MDT Working • New Roles • Extended Roles Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  8. Some Risks • Bottom line as main driver • Policy & Strategy “join-up” • Federalism & Variation • Lack of oversight and accountability • Public/Independent Sectors • Cinderella groups within workforce Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  9. More Risks • Under-resourcing of new models • Ad hoc “New Ways of Working” • Downgraded workforce • Clinical leadership & supervision • Achieving & maintaining competence • Time to care Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  10. Opportunities? • Better services • Optimising the nursing contribution • Role development • Career development Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  11. Department of Health ‘The current constraints to delivering a comprehensive service ... include ... a lack of an appropriately trained workforce including dedicated training and consultant posts in IR with clear career pathways. This also applies to nurses and radiographers’. Interventional Radiology: Guidance for Service Delivery (2010) Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  12. Welsh Government ‘The imaging workforce is central to the delivery of efficient & effective services. They have responded in increases in demand ... by lengthening the working day and providing services during evenings and at weekends. New roles have been developed and existing roles extended ... The availability of training will be essential ... (to enable staff) to keep up with rapid developments in imaging technology and practice. The Future Delivery of Diagnostic & Imaging Services in Wales (2009) Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  13. Key Points • Challenging times • Risks & Opportunities • RCN Role: RPI Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  14. Discussion • Relevance • Specific issues for nurses working in diagnostic imaging services • Actions for Imaging Nurses Forum Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

  15. Thank You! Imaging Nurses Roadshow 8th November 2011

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