NHS Wales Strategic Workforce Planning Community of Practice

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Workforce observatory

This is the public facing Observatory hosted on the HEIW website

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Training and development

This course will provide you with an introduction to the NHS Wales approach to strategic workforce planning, which is based on the Skills for Health Six Step methodology

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Competence framework self-assessment

The Workforce Planning Competence Self-Assessment is a benchmarking tool that supports individuals/teams to gauge capabilities and identify what can be done to develop skills.

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Data & analytics portal

The Data and Analytics Portal provides access to all our self-service dashboards.

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Workforce planning toolkit

The toolkit will help in the development of local workforce plans by applying the six steps methodology. Guidance is available to help you use the toolkit

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Resources library

A curated library of articles, reports, resources and publications that can aid research and horizon scanning

Workforce planning principles

Principles underpinning effective workforce planning in Wales

Workforce planning hub

Access to training, toolkits, resources and guides to support workforce planning

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Primary care workforce planning

A simple methodology for practices and clusters to use to create their workforce plans. This toolkit also provides useful information for creating workforce plans in other areas

Strategic Workforce Planning Community of Practice - NHS Wales