Primary care workforce planning

The approach to workforce planning in primary care was developed in partnership with two GP clusters and Skills for Health. This simplified methodology can be used by practices and clusters to create their workforce plans. This is based on the six steps methodology, but breaks the process down into a set of four questions:

• How do we get started?
• Where are we now?
• Where do we want to be?
• How are we going to get there?

A number of resources have been developed to support workforce planning at cluster level;

• Primary Care Cluster WFP Template Guidance July 2020
• HEIW Workforce Planning Toolkit

The links below provide a range of reading and resources to support you through each step of the process

Pre-recorded training sessions to support the NHS Wales Primary Care Approach to Workforce Planning

• View the Skills for Health Workshop 1 Video:
• View the Skills for Health Workshop 2 Video:
• View the Skills for Health Workshop 3 Video:

Accessible pre-recorded training sessions to support the NHS Wales Primary Care Approach to Workforce Planning

• View the Skills for Health Workshop 1 (with AD) Video:
• View the Skills for Health Workshop 2 (with AD) Video:
• View the Skills for Health Workshop 3 (with AD) Video:

Other Useful Links:

The Workforce Planning Capability Self Assessment is a benchmarking tool that supports individuals/teams to gauge capabilities and identify what can be done to develop skills.

• Access the Workforce Planning Capability Self-Assessment