Listening to what you told us
The East of England have paid particular attention to the opinions and suggestions from a variety of interested parties across all aspects of the provision of training the healthcare workforce and have addressed many of these issues in the Health Sector Skills Agreement.
Online survey
Participants in an on-line survey were asked:
Select the top two non-financial drivers that will have the greatest impact on the whole health sector
There is clear agreement that the demographic pressures of the changing population of the region and the emerging new patterns of long term illness associated with the elderly, together with the changing focus of care, will make the current healthcare provisions unworkable in the future.
If you were in charge of the health sector which of the following two areas would you tackle as your top priorities to achieve greater productivity
There is agreement that resources could be better used to deliver the same standards of care in different ways, particularly changing the skill mix within teams and developing new roles to move towards providing more primary care.
The consultations have identified four major areas of activity to address the new challenges described. Select the area that you believe is top priority for the health sector in general
The top priority to meet the new challenges has been identified as a need to retrain the existing workforce and offer them the job satisfaction and career progression needed to enable the current employees to take the new healthcare initiatives forward. It is also seen as important that recruitment be widened and new roles and teams be developed to suit the future healthcare provision in the Region, rather than provide for the current requirements.
