Policy paper

Creating a more integrated healthcare workforce

A report looking into creating more integrated services to meet the needs of people using services and local communities.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England and Health Education England
• Published: 1 December 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Think integration, think workforce: three steps to workforce integration

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Details

Integration offers important potential benefits including:

• better outcomes for people who use services
• more efficient use of existing resources
• improved access to health, social care and support services.

The paper identifies 3 steps for workforce leaders to promote integration from a workforce perspective:

• be clear about the local integration agenda, including the various routes to integration
• address the integrated workforce management challenge to ensure the right people with the right skills and behaviour are in place to deliver integrated services around individuals’ needs.
• implement successful workforce change by addressing a range of operational and strategic questions by taking an inclusive approach.

Published 1 December 2013