The NHS people plan

Bailey, Suzie

doi:10.1136/bmj.m3398

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“…The authors propose that working in a different institution during a sabbatical could provide the ‘renewal’ to counter this low morale and apathy. More flexibility in NHS job-plans seems inevitable 13…”

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Appetite for more exchange, connection and collaboration among senior health professionals

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Prasad

Sugavanam

2022

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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the value of global exchange around knowledge, skills and attitudes among senior healthcare professionals (SHPs). It has also revealed the need for strong peer-led networks and mentorship to tackle the high levels of burnout and ‘brain-drain’ already plaguing the National Health Service (NHS). We designed a survey to gauge the appetite for exchange programmes among SHPs.MethodsData collection was carried out via an online qualitative survey generated by SurveyMonkey software and analysed by three independent authors.Results155 responses were collected of which 87.7% were pre-COVID-19 pandemic. 74.2% had ideas to improve healthcare but could not take it forward. 86.6% felt frustrated/down-heartened about work. 74.3% wanted more sharing of teaching resources. 74.2% expressed interest in sabbatical programmes.ConclusionOur survey confirms the desire for more connection, collaboration and exchange among SHPs who are at high risk of burnout, silo-working and leaving the profession early. Sabbaticals have been used successfully in other industries, especially academia, for many years and show long-term investment and value from employers in their employees. Almost 75% of the SHPs in this survey were interested in this but logistics precluded easy access to them. HealthProMatch (HPM) is a platform where SHPs can connect, collaborate and arrange exchanges/sabbaticals with logistical ease. It focuses on bringing leadership, mentorship and quality improvement back home. HPM will pilot in the NHS within anaesthesia and hopes to increase job satisfaction and retention in this precious workforce group.

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Appetite for more exchange, connection and collaboration among senior health professionals

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Sugavanam

2022

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“…Globally, all medicine and health professions are dealing with a growing supply-demand imbalance. Increasing ageing populations, and workforce shortages are adding pressure to the global health environment [1][2][3][4] . The recent added weight of the Covid-19 global pandemic has made the situation more acute 5 .…”

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“…The recent added weight of the Covid-19 global pandemic has made the situation more acute 5 . There is evidence of signi cant shortages of GPs and emergency care clinicians in the UK National Health Service (NHS) 4 . Models of workforce delivery in healthcare have evolved into multidisciplinary teams (MDTs), making the most of a wide range of professional expertise.…”

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Exploring The Role of Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) and Their Contribution To Health Services in England.

Mann¹,

Timmons²,

Evans³

et al. 2021

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Background An extended role being explored globally is that of the advanced clinical practitioner (ACP). In England this is an extended role for allied health professions, nurses and midwives. ACP education is organised by Health Education England (HEE) who organise an accredited training programme for ACPs alongside a multi-professional framework. This paper draws on research commissioned to evaluate the national implementation of the ACP role to inform the development of a Centre for Advancing Practice in the UK but has implications for others considering their ACP provision. This paper focuses on three key research questions: 1) What is the role of ACPs in England? 2) What are the barriers and facilitators to implementing the role? and 3) What is the contribution of ACPs to health services in England? Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2020 with 63 participants across a range of stakeholder groups and clinical areas. A purposive snowball sampling technique was used to identify participants meeting the inclusion criteria. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim, anonymised and thematically analysed. Results We report on three aspects as highlighted from the data (1) The role of ACPs, (2) Barriers to and facilitators of the ACP role implementation (3) Contribution of ACPs to health services in England. The ACP role in England was undertaken in a broad range of clinical contexts. ACPs worked towards being an autonomous practitioner and most were independent prescribers. In England ‘advanced clinical practitioner’ was not a protected title. There were high levels of variability and ambiguity of understanding and deployment of the ACP role in England. Conclusions This study outlines the contribution that ACPs make to health services and contributing factors to the success of the ACP role in England. We demonstrated the range in which the role is successful in England. We identified key barriers and facilitators to implementing this role. Finally, the work showed the positive contribution that ACPs can make to service redesign and workforce development as well as patient outcomes, whilst accepting that there is much work to do to ensure protected status and parity across all professions and clinical contexts.

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“…Then the pandemic struck. The publication of the NHS people plan7 in 2020 offered some welcome measures to support staff, but sadly lacked a credible implementation plan8 without ongoing funding to deliver more staff and train more people.…”

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