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grampian p ublic health informatio n sessio ns. What are the current issues (organisational, financial, external) ? How do we think that the public health workforce will change? (changes in workforce, changes in practice) What will be needed to support changing roles and skills -
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grampian public healthinformationsessions What are the current issues (organisational, financial, external) ? How do we think that the public health workforce will change? (changes in workforce, changes in practice) What will be needed to support changing roles and skills - and how can PHORCaST help?
What are current issues? • Change and uncertainty Difficulties in planning and implementation due to: • Changing posts and roles across NHS / LA / partners • System review and organisational change • Local and national emergencies • Financial pressures Financial pressures impact on: • Time and resources; fewer staff, additional elements within role; challenges of part-time work; changes in partner organisations • Ring-fencing / general budgets, prioritising locally • Training and CPD • Support needed for CPD (funding, study leave etc.) • Cultural resistance in the workplace – follow-up and support after training • Cascade not happening?
What are current issues? • Public Health system • Disconnect between centre and practitioners in the field • Working in parallel / integrated working • Recognition for Public Health and Health Promotion – not an ‘add on’ • Public health wider workforce • Working with the wider workforce • Integrating Health Improvement / Health Promotion into wider work • Monitoring quality of health promoters’ work • Drivers and targets • Wider health improvement issues not addressed / top down targets • How practical are targets?
What changes in role and practice may we expect? • Focus on evidence base and use of intelligence to better inform work – results to deliver on targets • Some roles ceasing – means work cannot be taken forward • Watching changes in England, there are some changes and developments in Scottish system, maybe further changes following elections • Possible growth in freelancing roles? • Dealing with short-term drivers
Support for PH roles in Scotland • Scotland-focussed strategies, documents • What’s happening now? – available on web pages • Promote the wider view of health improvement and health promotion work • Recognition of value: ‘public health saves lives’ • Raising profile, jobs using PH skills • As a career choice • More tangible
Support for PH roles in Scotland • Training and regulation • Competencies and skills mapping: framework for work roles and activities • Specialist and practitioner regulation – increase awareness and understanding • Use of e-KSF and performance review process to flag up regulation • Support for independent and freelance workers • Share third sector working and learning - dealing with short-termism
Wider discussion YOU CAN contribute your comments to this discussion. Please visit the forum on HI-Net: http://community.nhsscotland.com/hi-net/forums/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1161 The national Public Health Workforce Development Group will discuss issues and support by PHORCaST at its June meeting The PHORCaST website can be viewed at: www.phorcast.org.uk The team would be pleased to receive comments about the website itself at any time at the following link: http://www.phorcast.org.uk/feedback.php?url=/index.php.