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A Framework for maternity services in Scotland
Appendix 6
Principles of workforce planning
Principles of workforce planning from the Scottish Intergrated Workforce
Planning Group Interim Report (2000)
- Workforce planning is a continuous process which includes monitoring and
evaluation and should be sufficiently flexible to accommodate both incremental
and quantum change.
- Workforce planning cycles (iterations) should be linked to planning for
other purposes. In particular they should be fully integrated with planning
for services.
- Workforce planning should improve the balance of supply and demand of skills
in the context of continual change.
- Services are delivered by teams and workforce planning should aim to achieve
the appropriate multi-disciplinary mix of skill in the team.
- Workforce planning should understand and influence mechanisms which affect
supply and demand.
- Workforce planning information and mechanisms must be linked across all
service levels, all time horizons and all staff groups who contribute to health
care.
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