Addressing workforce shortages and building sustainability
Workforce Data Dashboard
We have collected a range of workforce data for mental health and integrated it within a dashboard, this data collection is gradually expanding and currently covers the NHS Adult Mental Health workforce, we are beginning to collect data for the Child and Adolescent workforce and expanding the range of data to include head count. In the future we will be looking to integrate this data with our ESR dashboards so that we have a wider range of datasets. The dashboard has already been of use to colleagues across NHS Wales in order to look at trends. This work also won the HPMA Cymru Workforce Analytics award in 2024.
Links to dashboards and Digital/Data website area.
Digital Clinical Fellow
There are opportunities to deliver care differently which need additional skills and capabilities, different workforce models and new ways of working. Digital will play a key role in enabling and supporting that change. To inform this change there is a need to carry out some pre-work to understand the current landscape and identify
- Where digital technology is currently supporting innovation in mental health models of care
- Where there are opportunities for further development and how this can be prioritised for roll out
- T+o map the level of current digital skill in mental health using the digital capability framework
- How will digital technology change the existing workforce profile and influence the need for roles in Mental Health
We are also funding workforce planners on a regional basis who will be offering bespoke workforce planning training for mental health services and planners. (link to workforce planning resource section)
Scenario Planning
We are working on bringing demand and supply modelling into our planning that is underpinned by improved data to support setting the direction for future workforce approaches and solutions. These will reach to the next 10 years based on a range of scenarios, research and horizon scanning as well as taking into account the plan’s existing successes and challenges. Through this process we will make recommendations which inform our approach to continue to drive our workforce development approach for mental health services after the initial period of the plan has ended.
To find out more please contact the mental health programme team