Question reference: S5W-27081
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 22 January 2020
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 January 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made since publication of the National Health and Social Care Integrated Workforce Plan on 16 December 2019.
Answer
The Scottish Government is working to strengthen the approach to the strategic challenges the Plan identifies, by introducing a new unit. Building on the published guidance and scenarios for health and social care employers, the unit is already:
- discussing actions to improve and further integrate approaches to workforce planning;
- overseeing the coordination of workforce planning across health and social care in implementing the Plan’s measures;
- working directly with NHS Boards on how they can support this.
These developments address recommendations by Audit Scotland and support a more coordinated, strategic approach by the Scottish Government to workforce planning.