JOINT INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK SHARING BEST PRACTICE

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• JOINT INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK SHARING BEST
  PRACTICE
• Welcome outline of the day
• Mike Cook Jennifer Fenelon
• Tuesday - 13th May 2008

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Bands 1-4 ( 40 -48 of
workforce)

• East of England -levels of investment bands 1-4
• Low compared with other sectors
• Low compared with rest of health sector
• A large hole growing

• East of England demands
• One of the fastest growing regional populations
  of elderly.
• Need to grow our own- widen participation in
  learning and create a real skills escalator .
• Need to change the service to meet changing
  demands including contributing to a healthy
  economy

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A success story the first six months

• Launch of East of England
• Sector Skills Agreement - 2nd November 2007

• 1.4m invested by Train to Gain NHS East of
  England to March 2008 against strategic workforce
  plans.
• 1200 staff trained
• 32 /42 Trusts have signed the Skills Pledge
• 20m committed (2008-10) longer term commitment
  
• Linkages with new ESF /Apprenticeships /Skills
  for Life/Trades Unions /JCP etc
• Over 30 regional agencies pledged to work
  together to give support in a joined up way

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The next six months and onwards

• Challenges
• A flexible, competence based workforce responding
  to PCT service changes across health and social
  care.
• Linkages with other funding streams joined up
  support from other agencies
• Evaluating impact including productivity

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From you today

• Best practice
• Next steps