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Workforce Planning

Workforce planning

NHSScotland Psychology Workforce&Trainee Information, and Child&Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Workforce&Trainee Information are published as National Statistics by collaborative projects between NES and the Information Services Division (ISD).

The officially published Psychology and CAMHS Workforce Information statistics continues to remain the main data source for NES and the Scottish Government when answering Information requests, Parliamentary Questions, Waiting Times workforce data and general enquires surrounding the NHS Psychology and CAMHS Workforce in NHS Scotland.

Psychology Services, and CAMHS Workforce data published on the 27th March 2012 at the webpage below includes information on:

  • All staff in post as at 31st December 2011
  • Staff group (including graduate tracking of Psychology MSc and Doctorate Clinical Psychology courses)
  • NHS Board
  • Wte
  • Band
  • Target age
  • Area of work
  • Service role
  • Tier of operation
  • Trainees (headcount by NHS Board and course)

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/index.asp#684

Over recent months a decision has been taken to publish Psychology and CAMHS Workforce and Trainee Information on a quarterly basis from 2011 to ensure NES- ISD continues to fully support workforce planners and the Scottish that Government, as part of the on-going planning cycle.  Thus from 2011, the information listed above will be published quarterly (data as at 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, and 31st December 2011).

As well as National Statistics publication, key outputs of the projects include:

  • Tracking of CAMHS financial investment 2009: The commitment of additional central government funding for workforce development (for tier 4 and for clinical psychology) during a period in which budgets are coming under more pressure has made it more important than ever that records are kept up to date. It is important for individual NHS Boards to be able to accurately report on the growth of their specialist CAMHS workforce and important for the Scottish Government Mental Health Division, through which the new funding is being allocated to be able to report accurately on the effect of the additional investment in terms of how it is translating into additional workforce numbers across NHS Scotland.
  • Graduate tracking: data on graduates of the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, and graduates of the two MSc courses (Psychological Therapies in Primary Care, and Applied Psychology of Children&Young People) is updated on a quarterly basis by the projects, enabling detailed information on retention and movement of course graduates within NHSScotland to be accurately monitored and reported.
  • Workforce Configuration Model: a model has been developed to assess the current and future scenario size, shape and cost of the Psychology and CAMHS Workforce.
  • Psychological Therapies: a psychological therapies HEAT target has just been approved: 'no one who will benefit from a psychological therapy will wait longer than 18 weeks by December 2014'. Workforce data on those staff groups delivering Psychological Therapies in NHSScotland will be required as part of the assessment of implementation of the target.

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