Workforce evaluation and benchmarking tools

Tools to help you assess your existing workforce and benchmark your organisation against others - locally, regionally and nationally.

Sound understanding of your existing workforce is a vital prerequisite for effective workforce planning. 

Our workforce evaluation tools help you develop this understanding, drawing on data available in the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and the unique NHS Benchmarking Database.

They are recommended for HR managers, directors and workforce planners, but will be of value to anyone whose role involves some element of workforce planning.

Benefits

  • Our workforce evaluation tools give you:
  • An accurate starting point for all workforce planning and development activities 
  • The flexibility to examine individual workforce issues or to take a more holistic approach 
  • A deep understanding of your current workforce The opportunity to relate your workforce challenges to those of similar organisations.

Use the Assessing Workforce Supply Tool to:

  • Profile your staff, using ESR data on indicators such as sickness and absence rates, age, leavers and new starters 
  • Understand your workforce supply issues and potential workforce gaps 
  • Develop an accurate starting point for all workforce planning and development activities.

Use the NHS Benchmarking Database to:

  • Benchmark your healthcare organisation against similar organisations from the acute, mental health, primary care, ambulance or maternity sectors 
  • Develop insight and identify best practice on a range of workforce and service delivery issues.

Go to the Assessing Workforce Supply Tool

Go to the NHS Benchmarking Database

“The NHS Benchmarking Database is an increasingly valuable source of integrated financial, demographic, staffing and activity intelligence. We have recently utilised the tool to aid understanding of the region’s health visiting workforce and identify wider service implications.”
Nadine Boczkowski, Programme Manager Workforce Analysis, NHS North West

To find out more about our evaluation and benchmarking tools, please get in touch with your local Skills for Health contact.

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