Building a system workforce view - and a system workforce planning function - across Sussex
System workforce planning support to NHS Sussex ICB and Sussex Health and Care Partnership, covering primary care, secondary care and system-level workforce planning method.
NHS Sussex ICB · Sussex Health and Care Partnership
ICS system workforce planning
Sussex-wide · providers, primary care and system function
Sustained system programme
A new ICB, a stretched system workforce, and no shared planning method
NHS Sussex ICB and Sussex Health and Care Partnership needed to develop a system-level workforce view across their footprint - covering acute, mental health, community, ambulance and primary care providers. As with most systems in formation, no single provider held the whole picture, and the ICS did not yet have an established system workforce planning method or the internal function to hold it.
System workforce view - and a system workforce planning method
We supported Sussex with a system-level workforce view covering primary care and wider provider workforce, alongside development of a system workforce planning method the ICB could hold internally. The programme combined analytical work with capability development, so the deliverable was not a one-off system plan but a working system planning function.
How the programme was delivered
Primary care workforce
Primary care workstream
Modelling primary care workforce across the Sussex Health and Care Partnership footprint, informing PCN and federation operating model work.
System workforce planning
System function
Development of a system workforce planning method for NHS Sussex ICB - covering data flows, planning cycle, provider engagement, and system-level scenario modelling.
What changed
System view
A system-level view of workforce across the Sussex footprint that the ICB could use to shape investment and cross-provider strategy.
Internal function
A system workforce planning method held internally by the ICB rather than delivered externally as a one-off product.
Provider alignment
A shared planning approach that supported alignment across Sussex providers and primary care.
Services delivered
System workforce planning · Primary care workforce modelling · Planning cycle design · Capability building
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