To coincide with last week’s NHS announcement of the first ever Long Term Workforce Plan we are keen to highlight on the 75th Anniversary of the NHS that the Hounslow BBP are working on a new dynamic workforce strategy and implementation plan. The primary focus is to create a collaborative workforce across all BBP partners.
Staś Chobrzynski recently joined our team as the new interim BBP Workforce Lead, and is undertaking a short-term, intensive piece of work with all BBP HR Directors to develop a Hounslow place based workforce strategy.
Pauline Mason, Assistant Director, Hounslow Borough Based Partnership (BBP), said:
“Our aim is to develop a long-term collaborative workforce across all BBP partners, with a particular emphasis on creating new employment opportunities amongst our health and care partners for local residents. The strategy will be informed by the objectives of the new national Long Term Workforce Plan, whilst considering the needs and issues that relate specifically to Hounslow.
“The strategy will be underpinned by a comprehensive delivery plan, which will set out how we will deliver outcomes over the short, medium and long term.”
Work is already underway to develop the workforce strategy and delivery plan, with the final strategy due to be completed September 2023. A BBP Workforce Project team will then lead on executing the delivery plan and updates will be available on the plan later this year.
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
Sets out how the NHS will address existing vacancies and meet the challenges of a growing and ageing population by recruiting and retaining hundreds of thousands more staff over 15 years and working in new ways.
The NHS plan, a once in a generation opportunity to put staffing on a sustainable footing and improve patient care, focusses on retaining existing talent and making the best use of new technology alongside the biggest recruitment drive in health service history to address the gap.
It was commissioned and accepted by the Government, which has backed the plan with over £2.4 billion to fund additional education and training places over five years on top of existing funding commitments.