The document discusses robust workforce planning for the English medical workforce. It outlines the challenges of workforce planning in the health sector due to complex training pathways and uncertainties. It then describes the MDSI project which used a robust workforce planning framework involving horizon scanning, scenario generation, workforce modelling and policy analysis to advise on medical school intakes to 2040. A key part of the framework was developing a system dynamics model to better understand the dynamic behavior of the workforce system over time.
Challenges and opportunities facing the future health workforce (2013)Grant Fitzner
What are the challenges of workforce planning in England, and what constitutes a more robust approach? This is a 2013 presentation, outlining the Centre for Workforce Intelligence's approach when I was its Director of Analytics. For more detail on our methodology please have a look at the CfWI Technical Paper series.
Note: The Centre's contract with the Department of Health ended in March 2016. Some of its analysts and functions were brought in-house by DH. The Centre's website is archived here: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20161007101116/http://www.cfwi.org.uk/
The document is a brochure for the MBA in Hospital and Healthcare Management program at Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences for the 2019-2021 academic years. It provides information about the institute, vision, mission, faculty, curriculum, student committees, and student profiles. The two-year MBA program equips students with skills for careers in healthcare management through a comprehensive curriculum covering various aspects of the healthcare industry.
The use of system dynamics in a strategic review of the English dental workforceC4WI
The Center for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) conducted a strategic review of the English dental workforce using system dynamics modeling to inform decisions about dental student intake levels. The model segmented the dental workforce by age, gender and career stage to project supply and demand through 2040 under different scenarios. Testing showed the projections indicated a risk of oversupply, leading ministers to recommend lowering 2014 intake levels. CfWI was also commissioned to review dental care professionals. The study demonstrated how system dynamics modeling can support robust workforce planning.
This presentation provides information on the NHS Working Longer Review and related changes to the NHS pension scheme. The aims are to raise awareness of the review, seek views on involvement in research and a call for evidence, and discuss ensuring organizational views inform the review group report. The review group will examine the impact of working longer for NHS staff due to 2012 pension changes and make recommendations. Related changes will increase the NHS normal pension age to the state pension age starting in 2015. The presentation discusses current pension ages and retirement ages, research findings on extending working lives, and potential risks. It concludes by posing questions on responding to the call for evidence and potential involvement in proposed MRC research.
1450 brenda dooley national healthcare conference may28 2015investnethealthcare
This document discusses sectoral collaborations, also known as cross-sectoral or intersectoral partnerships. It provides examples of such collaborations in healthcare between public and private sectors in the UK and Ireland. Key points discussed include the need for a common vision, language, and framework to guide partnerships. Enablers that help ensure successful collaborations include memorandums of understanding, governance procedures, stakeholder identification, and clearly defined project scopes and deliverables. Measuring patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) is also presented as a way to evaluate what is achieved for patients through sectoral collaborations.
The document discusses healthcare workforce challenges and strategies to address them. It summarizes concerns about an aging workforce nearing retirement in specialties like nursing. It also notes the demand for healthcare workers will remain strong due to factors like an aging population needing more care. The document outlines strategies to recruit and develop healthcare professionals, such as sponsoring students, clinical rotations with colleges, and monitoring workforce trends to adapt pipeline programs accordingly.
eWIN Case Study - Increasing Training and Appraisal Compliance (1)Kim Reynolds
The Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust aimed to significantly increase mandatory staff training and appraisal compliance rates to ensure a safe, competent workforce. Compliance rates for training increased from 45% in 2011 to 84% in 2012, and appraisal compliance increased from 58% to 88% in the same period. This was accomplished through setting role-specific training requirements, increased eLearning, targeting low-performing areas, and providing ongoing performance reports to managers. Maintaining these gains requires ongoing monitoring, planning for periodic compliance drops, and improving rates for specific practical training.
Challenges and opportunities facing the future health workforce (2013)Grant Fitzner
What are the challenges of workforce planning in England, and what constitutes a more robust approach? This is a 2013 presentation, outlining the Centre for Workforce Intelligence's approach when I was its Director of Analytics. For more detail on our methodology please have a look at the CfWI Technical Paper series.
Note: The Centre's contract with the Department of Health ended in March 2016. Some of its analysts and functions were brought in-house by DH. The Centre's website is archived here: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20161007101116/http://www.cfwi.org.uk/
The document is a brochure for the MBA in Hospital and Healthcare Management program at Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences for the 2019-2021 academic years. It provides information about the institute, vision, mission, faculty, curriculum, student committees, and student profiles. The two-year MBA program equips students with skills for careers in healthcare management through a comprehensive curriculum covering various aspects of the healthcare industry.
The use of system dynamics in a strategic review of the English dental workforceC4WI
The Center for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) conducted a strategic review of the English dental workforce using system dynamics modeling to inform decisions about dental student intake levels. The model segmented the dental workforce by age, gender and career stage to project supply and demand through 2040 under different scenarios. Testing showed the projections indicated a risk of oversupply, leading ministers to recommend lowering 2014 intake levels. CfWI was also commissioned to review dental care professionals. The study demonstrated how system dynamics modeling can support robust workforce planning.
This presentation provides information on the NHS Working Longer Review and related changes to the NHS pension scheme. The aims are to raise awareness of the review, seek views on involvement in research and a call for evidence, and discuss ensuring organizational views inform the review group report. The review group will examine the impact of working longer for NHS staff due to 2012 pension changes and make recommendations. Related changes will increase the NHS normal pension age to the state pension age starting in 2015. The presentation discusses current pension ages and retirement ages, research findings on extending working lives, and potential risks. It concludes by posing questions on responding to the call for evidence and potential involvement in proposed MRC research.
1450 brenda dooley national healthcare conference may28 2015investnethealthcare
This document discusses sectoral collaborations, also known as cross-sectoral or intersectoral partnerships. It provides examples of such collaborations in healthcare between public and private sectors in the UK and Ireland. Key points discussed include the need for a common vision, language, and framework to guide partnerships. Enablers that help ensure successful collaborations include memorandums of understanding, governance procedures, stakeholder identification, and clearly defined project scopes and deliverables. Measuring patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) is also presented as a way to evaluate what is achieved for patients through sectoral collaborations.
The document discusses healthcare workforce challenges and strategies to address them. It summarizes concerns about an aging workforce nearing retirement in specialties like nursing. It also notes the demand for healthcare workers will remain strong due to factors like an aging population needing more care. The document outlines strategies to recruit and develop healthcare professionals, such as sponsoring students, clinical rotations with colleges, and monitoring workforce trends to adapt pipeline programs accordingly.
eWIN Case Study - Increasing Training and Appraisal Compliance (1)Kim Reynolds
The Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust aimed to significantly increase mandatory staff training and appraisal compliance rates to ensure a safe, competent workforce. Compliance rates for training increased from 45% in 2011 to 84% in 2012, and appraisal compliance increased from 58% to 88% in the same period. This was accomplished through setting role-specific training requirements, increased eLearning, targeting low-performing areas, and providing ongoing performance reports to managers. Maintaining these gains requires ongoing monitoring, planning for periodic compliance drops, and improving rates for specific practical training.
Acute Care Hospital Strategic Plan PowerPoint PresentationAndrea Ratz
This project was done for my class “Strategic Planning for Healthcare Organizations”. After creating the five-year strategic plan, my group created a PowerPoint presentation in order to present our final strategic plan to the class and several other instructors. This presentation was meant to summarize our strategic plan and present the main points of our paper. My role was to communicate with the class what part I researched, which was critical strategic issues and response strategies.
The project was to be representative of how real professionals would present a strategic plan to the board of directors of a hospital. This presentation required use of verbal communication skills, planning and developing skills, organizational skills, and persuasion. When our instructors ranked all the projects, my group came in second place out of twelve other groups.
Programme Overview
The Healthcare Executive Management Development Programme (HxMDP) is designed with a focus on imparting essential skills and competencies to senior healthcare professionals holding administrative positions in their
organizations. The programme aims to “enhance healthcare leaders' abilities to plan, organize, control, and lead their organizations and enable them discover new ways to handle issues, seize challenges and take their organizations and people to new directions.” The programme is fully residential and consists of experience sharing, case studies, problem-based learning, lectures and interactive sessions.
This document discusses strategies for developing and managing nursing services. It recommends focusing on moral values, managing manpower needs, and emphasizing activities that demonstrate respectful relationships and appropriate responses. Technology and ensuring services are provided in a timely manner are also highlighted as important factors. Key aspects include developing nursing strategies aligned with organizational goals, using a structured approach, and emphasizing style of care delivery.
MedEx Healthcare Management Co. Limited profile ... Established in Cairo, Egypt in the middle of investment opportunities in healthcare to fulfil investors requirements from Concept and Design to Operation and Management ... with full commitment to the highest international standards ...
Contact:
Mobile: +2 01156609696
Email: medexhealthcare@outlook.com
MedEx Healthcare Management provides integrated healthcare services and solutions in Egypt and the MENA region. Their approach includes conducting demand assessments and feasibility studies to develop master plans for new healthcare facilities. They then manage all aspects of project design, construction, equipment procurement, staff recruitment, and long-term facility operations according to international quality standards. MedEx's experienced leadership team helps clients maximize returns through their full healthcare management services.
Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has begun accepting prior learning and training records for new starters transferring from other NHS organizations through ESR's pre-hire inter-authority transfer process. This has significantly reduced the amount of statutory and mandatory training required for new starters, allowing them to return to patient care more quickly. By aligning with the Core Skills Training Framework and transferring competency records electronically, the Trust can now streamline the onboarding process for new employees transferring within the NHS.
The result of the study revealed that there is significant difference understanding of the community, exposure and travel history which affect the quality perception and acceptance to tolerate quality health care service provision. Only 57.2% of the respondents were satisfied with quality of health care service provision. Waiting time is 0.072 negatively correlated with quality of health care service when P =<0.05. Besides this the study has drawn conclusions quality of health care is multifaceted and interlinked with different stakeholders, internal and external factors. The study shown ensuring quality of health care service is narrowing of the gap quality between the internal and external factors as well as strengthening health system and facility to increase community participation and ownership health care service provision through ensuring provider accountability and capacity building. Even though there is significant difference in health system complexity and technology quality is still remain same similarities
EPOS Health India is an independent consulting firm specializing in health project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation. It is part of the larger GOPA Group, a German consulting company with over 4,500 projects in 130 countries. EPOS Health India has completed over 100 projects in India working with state governments, private institutions, and donors on areas including hospital planning and management, health policy, and public-private partnerships. It employs over 30 full-time consultants and draws from an expert database of over 5,000 professionals with experience in fields such as hospital engineering, quality management, and public health.
Jacquie White, Deputy Director of NHS England Long Term Conditions, Older People & End of Life Care and Dr Eileen Pepler, Academic, Researcher and Consultant in the Canadian Healthcare will discuss how NHS England work in chronic disease is being translated into a Canadian context.
This document provides a summary of Kimberly Shaw's professional experience and qualifications. She has over 20 years of healthcare experience, including 12 years in progressive executive roles. She is currently the Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nurse Executive Officer at Dignity Health Mercy Medical Center Redding, where she oversees 600 employees and a $147M budget. In this role, she has implemented initiatives that have significantly improved quality, length of stay, staff morale and other metrics.
Brisbane Health-y Data: Legislation, Ethics and GovernanceARDC
Presentation given by Melissa Hagan at the 'Sharing Health-y Data Workshop: Challenges and Solutions' event co-hosted by ANDS and HISA. Held on Wednesday 16th March 2016 at the Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
Professional Focus - Issue 2 - March 2015Tracey Hilton
The document provides information related to mentoring students in a healthcare organization. It discusses:
1) The different levels of mentors (stage 1 and stage 2) and their roles and responsibilities in supporting and assessing students.
2) A programme for existing mentors to progress to becoming a "sign off mentor" to make the final decision about a student's competence.
3) The importance of mentors in shaping the future workforce by ensuring students are fit for practice.
Derbyshire Community Health Services Foundation Trust piloted a new process of using factual references through the Electronic Staff Record system to streamline recruitment. This reduced the time to receive references to an average of 1.4 days compared to 18 days previously. It saved recruiting managers time by automating reference requests and removed subjective information. The pilot was successful and factual references will now be implemented for all recruitment across the trust.
Redefining the care team to meet Population Health objectivesSIMUL8 Corporation
Dr. Phil Smeltzer from The Medical University of South Carolina demonstrates an interactive simulation that helps physicians adopt a population health mindset.
The Indian Healthcare Industry, in 2017, was driven by asset light models, specialty focused chains, service-oriented models, medical tourism and new technologies.
Webinar: Transforming Operational Throughput – The Journey Toward Value-Based...Huron Consulting Group
At the 2014 Children’s Hospital Association Annual Leadership Conference, Huron Healthcare and Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) presented an educational session on the journey toward value-based care.
In the presentation, Huron Healthcare managing director, Larry Burnett, TCH Senior Vice President, Tabitha Rice, and TCH Assistant Vice President of nursing, Jackie Ward, shared valuable insights from their work together at TCH. Focusing on insights and results from TCH’s engagement with Huron Healthcare, the presentation includes:
• Opportunities and results at TCH in areas including care management, care progression, patient placement, and care variation.
• Keys to driving results, successful change, and integrated care delivery
• Steps for a sustainable approach
Christi O'Brien has over 15 years of experience in healthcare recruiting. She is currently the Talent Acquisition Manager at Santa Rosa Consulting, where she manages a team of recruiters and led a large recruitment effort for an Epic go-live project. Previously, she has held senior recruiting roles at various healthcare consulting firms, where she specialized in recruiting for electronic health record implementations. O'Brien has a Bachelor's degree in General Studies from Ball State University.
2012.07.02 the story from the asset centreNUI Galway
Dr. John McAdoo, ASSET Centre, UCC, presented "The Story from the ASSET Centre" at Simulation in Irish Medical Education: Where Are We, and Where Are We Going? held at NUI Galway on the 2nd July 2012.
This document discusses the rise of contingent workers in Australia and how workforce management technology can help organizations manage this diverse workforce successfully. It notes that over 40% of Australian workers are now contingent or contract-based. A case study of Australian universities highlights the complexity of managing sessional academics. The document argues that workforce management systems provide benefits like improved workforce planning, better engagement of individual workers, and control of labour costs for organizations, while also offering contingent workers more flexibility and variety.
Migration of health workers has significant impacts on both source and destination countries. India experiences high rates of migration of doctors and nurses abroad, with over 100,000 Indian-origin doctors practicing in the US and UK alone. Key push factors driving migration include lack of career growth and low salaries in India, while pull factors are better wages, training opportunities, and working conditions abroad. Common destinations are the US, UK, and Australia. This brain drain negatively impacts India's struggling public health system.
Maternity Care Pathways Tool – a support to local workforce planningC4WI
The document summarizes a workforce planning tool called the Maternity Care Pathways (MCP) tool. The MCP tool was developed by the Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) to help maternity providers analyze and plan their workforce. It provides a visual representation of how staff are deployed along different maternity care pathways. The tool was piloted at 19 sites across the UK and was found to support workforce decision-making and discussions around potential service changes. Based on feedback, the CfWI refined the tool and made it freely available online in 2015.
Acute Care Hospital Strategic Plan PowerPoint PresentationAndrea Ratz
This project was done for my class “Strategic Planning for Healthcare Organizations”. After creating the five-year strategic plan, my group created a PowerPoint presentation in order to present our final strategic plan to the class and several other instructors. This presentation was meant to summarize our strategic plan and present the main points of our paper. My role was to communicate with the class what part I researched, which was critical strategic issues and response strategies.
The project was to be representative of how real professionals would present a strategic plan to the board of directors of a hospital. This presentation required use of verbal communication skills, planning and developing skills, organizational skills, and persuasion. When our instructors ranked all the projects, my group came in second place out of twelve other groups.
Programme Overview
The Healthcare Executive Management Development Programme (HxMDP) is designed with a focus on imparting essential skills and competencies to senior healthcare professionals holding administrative positions in their
organizations. The programme aims to “enhance healthcare leaders' abilities to plan, organize, control, and lead their organizations and enable them discover new ways to handle issues, seize challenges and take their organizations and people to new directions.” The programme is fully residential and consists of experience sharing, case studies, problem-based learning, lectures and interactive sessions.
This document discusses strategies for developing and managing nursing services. It recommends focusing on moral values, managing manpower needs, and emphasizing activities that demonstrate respectful relationships and appropriate responses. Technology and ensuring services are provided in a timely manner are also highlighted as important factors. Key aspects include developing nursing strategies aligned with organizational goals, using a structured approach, and emphasizing style of care delivery.
MedEx Healthcare Management Co. Limited profile ... Established in Cairo, Egypt in the middle of investment opportunities in healthcare to fulfil investors requirements from Concept and Design to Operation and Management ... with full commitment to the highest international standards ...
Contact:
Mobile: +2 01156609696
Email: medexhealthcare@outlook.com
MedEx Healthcare Management provides integrated healthcare services and solutions in Egypt and the MENA region. Their approach includes conducting demand assessments and feasibility studies to develop master plans for new healthcare facilities. They then manage all aspects of project design, construction, equipment procurement, staff recruitment, and long-term facility operations according to international quality standards. MedEx's experienced leadership team helps clients maximize returns through their full healthcare management services.
Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has begun accepting prior learning and training records for new starters transferring from other NHS organizations through ESR's pre-hire inter-authority transfer process. This has significantly reduced the amount of statutory and mandatory training required for new starters, allowing them to return to patient care more quickly. By aligning with the Core Skills Training Framework and transferring competency records electronically, the Trust can now streamline the onboarding process for new employees transferring within the NHS.
The result of the study revealed that there is significant difference understanding of the community, exposure and travel history which affect the quality perception and acceptance to tolerate quality health care service provision. Only 57.2% of the respondents were satisfied with quality of health care service provision. Waiting time is 0.072 negatively correlated with quality of health care service when P =<0.05. Besides this the study has drawn conclusions quality of health care is multifaceted and interlinked with different stakeholders, internal and external factors. The study shown ensuring quality of health care service is narrowing of the gap quality between the internal and external factors as well as strengthening health system and facility to increase community participation and ownership health care service provision through ensuring provider accountability and capacity building. Even though there is significant difference in health system complexity and technology quality is still remain same similarities
EPOS Health India is an independent consulting firm specializing in health project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation. It is part of the larger GOPA Group, a German consulting company with over 4,500 projects in 130 countries. EPOS Health India has completed over 100 projects in India working with state governments, private institutions, and donors on areas including hospital planning and management, health policy, and public-private partnerships. It employs over 30 full-time consultants and draws from an expert database of over 5,000 professionals with experience in fields such as hospital engineering, quality management, and public health.
Jacquie White, Deputy Director of NHS England Long Term Conditions, Older People & End of Life Care and Dr Eileen Pepler, Academic, Researcher and Consultant in the Canadian Healthcare will discuss how NHS England work in chronic disease is being translated into a Canadian context.
This document provides a summary of Kimberly Shaw's professional experience and qualifications. She has over 20 years of healthcare experience, including 12 years in progressive executive roles. She is currently the Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nurse Executive Officer at Dignity Health Mercy Medical Center Redding, where she oversees 600 employees and a $147M budget. In this role, she has implemented initiatives that have significantly improved quality, length of stay, staff morale and other metrics.
Brisbane Health-y Data: Legislation, Ethics and GovernanceARDC
Presentation given by Melissa Hagan at the 'Sharing Health-y Data Workshop: Challenges and Solutions' event co-hosted by ANDS and HISA. Held on Wednesday 16th March 2016 at the Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
Professional Focus - Issue 2 - March 2015Tracey Hilton
The document provides information related to mentoring students in a healthcare organization. It discusses:
1) The different levels of mentors (stage 1 and stage 2) and their roles and responsibilities in supporting and assessing students.
2) A programme for existing mentors to progress to becoming a "sign off mentor" to make the final decision about a student's competence.
3) The importance of mentors in shaping the future workforce by ensuring students are fit for practice.
Derbyshire Community Health Services Foundation Trust piloted a new process of using factual references through the Electronic Staff Record system to streamline recruitment. This reduced the time to receive references to an average of 1.4 days compared to 18 days previously. It saved recruiting managers time by automating reference requests and removed subjective information. The pilot was successful and factual references will now be implemented for all recruitment across the trust.
Redefining the care team to meet Population Health objectivesSIMUL8 Corporation
Dr. Phil Smeltzer from The Medical University of South Carolina demonstrates an interactive simulation that helps physicians adopt a population health mindset.
The Indian Healthcare Industry, in 2017, was driven by asset light models, specialty focused chains, service-oriented models, medical tourism and new technologies.
Webinar: Transforming Operational Throughput – The Journey Toward Value-Based...Huron Consulting Group
At the 2014 Children’s Hospital Association Annual Leadership Conference, Huron Healthcare and Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) presented an educational session on the journey toward value-based care.
In the presentation, Huron Healthcare managing director, Larry Burnett, TCH Senior Vice President, Tabitha Rice, and TCH Assistant Vice President of nursing, Jackie Ward, shared valuable insights from their work together at TCH. Focusing on insights and results from TCH’s engagement with Huron Healthcare, the presentation includes:
• Opportunities and results at TCH in areas including care management, care progression, patient placement, and care variation.
• Keys to driving results, successful change, and integrated care delivery
• Steps for a sustainable approach
Christi O'Brien has over 15 years of experience in healthcare recruiting. She is currently the Talent Acquisition Manager at Santa Rosa Consulting, where she manages a team of recruiters and led a large recruitment effort for an Epic go-live project. Previously, she has held senior recruiting roles at various healthcare consulting firms, where she specialized in recruiting for electronic health record implementations. O'Brien has a Bachelor's degree in General Studies from Ball State University.
2012.07.02 the story from the asset centreNUI Galway
Dr. John McAdoo, ASSET Centre, UCC, presented "The Story from the ASSET Centre" at Simulation in Irish Medical Education: Where Are We, and Where Are We Going? held at NUI Galway on the 2nd July 2012.
This document discusses the rise of contingent workers in Australia and how workforce management technology can help organizations manage this diverse workforce successfully. It notes that over 40% of Australian workers are now contingent or contract-based. A case study of Australian universities highlights the complexity of managing sessional academics. The document argues that workforce management systems provide benefits like improved workforce planning, better engagement of individual workers, and control of labour costs for organizations, while also offering contingent workers more flexibility and variety.
Migration of health workers has significant impacts on both source and destination countries. India experiences high rates of migration of doctors and nurses abroad, with over 100,000 Indian-origin doctors practicing in the US and UK alone. Key push factors driving migration include lack of career growth and low salaries in India, while pull factors are better wages, training opportunities, and working conditions abroad. Common destinations are the US, UK, and Australia. This brain drain negatively impacts India's struggling public health system.
Maternity Care Pathways Tool – a support to local workforce planningC4WI
The document summarizes a workforce planning tool called the Maternity Care Pathways (MCP) tool. The MCP tool was developed by the Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) to help maternity providers analyze and plan their workforce. It provides a visual representation of how staff are deployed along different maternity care pathways. The tool was piloted at 19 sites across the UK and was found to support workforce decision-making and discussions around potential service changes. Based on feedback, the CfWI refined the tool and made it freely available online in 2015.
Human Resources in Fragile and Conflict-Affected settings - cross sectoral is...ReBUILD for Resilience
Overview presentation by Tim Martineau for seminar on human resources in health and education in fragile and conflict affected settings, organised by HEART in June 2016.
Human Resources for Health in Post-Conflict settings - Findings from ReBUILD ...ReBUILD for Resilience
Presentation given in June 2016 by Sophie Witter on the ReBUILD programme's findings on Human Resources for Health in Post-Conflict settings, at a meeting exploring cross-sectoral learning on human resources in health and education sectors in fragile settings
Health financing and Universal Health Coverage - What's gender got to do with...ReBUILD for Resilience
This document summarizes a webinar on the topic of gender and health financing for universal health coverage (UHC). The webinar included panels on introducing health financing and UHC, gender implications of health financing reforms, and lessons from India on health sector reforms and gender. There was also commentary provided. The document notes that the webinar received positive feedback. Key insights from the webinar included the need for more research at the intersection of health financing and gender, as well as the need to consider gender-based vulnerabilities and ensure universal health packages address women's needs across their lifespans to achieve equitable UHC.
The document is a certificate of originality for a team presentation for a university course. It includes signatures from the five student team members certifying that the attached presentation is their original work and complies with the university's academic integrity policy. It also provides image credits for any images used in the presentation. The full presentation covers human resources functions and processes at a fictional hospital, including recruitment and retention goals, performance evaluations, employee files, and disciplinary procedures.
The document discusses key aspects of the human resources and population of the Philippines. It provides data on population distribution by region, gender, and age. Some key points are that the population serves as the driver of economic development, rapid population growth can deplete natural resources, and a country's composition and size of population impacts policies. Literacy rates are high at around 94% but unemployment remains a problem, contributing to migration within the country.
Strategic Workforce Planning: Key Principles and Objectives, Paul TurnerThe HR Observer
Making sure that we have the right people in the right place with the right level of skills at the right time to deliver both short and long term objectives requires information and insight. This need has sparked a growing interest in workforce planning. Organisations have identified a compelling need to be able to ‘shape’ and skill themselves to deal with both expected and unexpected events: as well as to control costs without damaging competitiveness. Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) supports these objectives in the quest to become flexible and agile. SWP is a core process of human resource management. It helps HR Professionals to provide insight to an organisation’s competitive advantage through people. This session will cover some of the objectives, principles and models used in SWP, together with case studies of best practice.
This presentation was used at HR Summit and Expo 2013 www.hrsummitexpo.com
Challenges in medical workforce planning (2015)Grant Fitzner
It takes over a decade to train a doctor, and costs a lot of money. So it makes sense for medical workforce planning to take the long view of patient demand and workforce supply.
In this presentation to the Irish Medical Organisation's AGM, I present the robust workforce planning approach developed at the Centre for Workforce Intelligence, where I served as Director of Analytics for 4 years. For more detail on our methodology please have a look at the CfWI Technical Paper series.
Note: The Centre's contract with the Department of Health ended in March 2016. Some of its analysts and functions were brought in-house by DH. The Centre's website is archived here: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20161007101116/http://www.cfwi.org.uk/
Robust workforce planning: dealing with uncertaintyC4WI
Slides from International Health Workforce Collaborative conference 2013 dealing with five main trends:
Challenges of health workforce modelling
Robust workforce planning framework
System dynamics modelling
Translation into policy and decision-making
Where next?
The document outlines the mission, vision, values and work programme of the Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI). The CfWI aims to become the primary source of workforce intelligence for health and social care. It will provide robust evidence, research, and workforce information to improve planning at national, regional and local levels. The CfWI will work collaboratively with partners across health and social care to deliver high quality intelligence that informs better workforce planning and improves people's lives.
The document provides an impact report and future goals update for the Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC). In the past year, MCIRCC has made tremendous progress thanks to its framework that unites operational structures, membership programs, and technology systems. Key achievements include launching a proposal development unit, cultivating an integrated membership base of 120 scientists and clinicians, forming foundational research communities in areas like sepsis and traumatic brain injury, and establishing a pipeline of funding proposals. Moving forward, MCIRCC aims to further develop its integrated membership, proposal pipeline, virtual institute for collaboration, research communities, and commercialization infrastructure to bring more university innovations to market.
Healthcare transition in GCC: Current Painful Realities & Proposed Strategic ...STELIOS PIGADIOTIS
Goals of research effort
1. Hands on analysis of GCC and specifically UAE healthcare market.
2. Proposed 2016 strategies for CEOs in GCC healthcare ecosystem
The document summarizes a presentation about a hospital's strategic facilities planning in response to healthcare reform. Some key points:
- The hospital analyzed its core capabilities and partnerships to guide strategic decisions. This included partnering with physicians and clinical affiliations.
- An integrated approach was taken involving multiple disciplines. The hospital strengthened existing services and planned regional networks for emergency and ambulatory care.
- Market analysis and financial projections informed decisions about expanding services and purchasing strategic land for future facilities. The hospital's approach aligned facilities planning with the forces of healthcare reform.
Quality improvement across our healthcare system - Mirek Skrypak.pptxlibrary66
This document discusses quality improvement in healthcare. It defines quality improvement as giving staff the skills and resources to solve issues affecting care quality. It outlines Donabedian's structure-process-outcome model for quality improvement and describes how the organization will use clinical audits and the model for improvement to engage staff. The document proposes a strategy for training staff in quality improvement over the next 3 years and establishes partnerships and an evaluation plan to support continuous quality improvement across the system.
The document discusses sharing best practices across the NHS through case studies on eWIN. It encourages sharing examples of workforce initiatives covering areas like service redesign, recruitment, apprenticeships, health and wellbeing, and training. Organizations are invited to submit case studies describing challenges, lessons learned, and successful outcomes in order to help others facing similar issues. The document provides examples of case study categories and outlines the benefits of capturing and disseminating good practices.
Develop a 5-7 page implementation plan addressing the various factors.docxrosaliaj1
Develop a 5-7 page implementation plan addressing the various factors critical to the successful deployment of the new or upgraded telehealth technology that was the focus of the previous two assessments. Introduction Technology continues to move at an accelerated pace, and the delivery of health care is shifting from office-based environments to the home. For this reason, health care organizations must be at technology's cutting edge in order to remain competitive in today's environment. Integrating the daily activities of patients into the health care continuum will improve the quality of care that is provided and enable more holistic care. This assessment provides an opportunity for you to develop an implementation plan that addresses the various factors critical to the successful deployment of the new or upgraded telehealth technology that was the focus of your previous assessments. Preparation Based on the positive reactions and feedback from stakeholders with regard to the proposed telehealth technology, executive leaders have decided to move forward with implementation of this telehealth solution and have asked you to develop the implementation plan. To prepare for the assessment, you are encouraged to reflect on the factors critical to the successful deployment of the new or upgraded telehealth technology and on how such technology would be implemented in your organization or practice setting. In addition, you are encouraged to become familiar with the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process for successfully implementing information systems or a change model for technology use that you think best supports your technology implementation ideas. Refer to the suggested readings, supplemented, as desired, by your own research. You may also wish to:
· Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete.
· Review the , which includes questions to consider and additional guidance on how to successfully complete the assessment.. Requirements Develop a technology implementation plan that supports the vision for safe, high-quality health care in your organization or practice setting. Complete the simulation. The implementation plan requirements, outlined below, correspond to the grading criteria in the Implementation Plan Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. The Guiding Questions: Implementation Plan document, linked above, provides additional considerations that may be helpful in completing your assessment. In addition, be sure to note the requirements below for document format and length and for citing supporting evidence.
· Assess the adequacy of existing telehealth technology infrastructure in your organization or practice setting.
· Assign tasks and responsibilities for deploying the new or upgraded telehealth technology.
· Develop an implementation sch.
Business Continuity Management in Healthcare by Dexter Chia, Director, GCOO's...BCM Institute
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MD Revolution offers a digital health services platform called RevUp for chronic care management. RevUp uses algorithms to segment patients by clinical data, goals, and care plans. It then provides personalized coaching through secure messaging from care teams. In clinical trials, RevUp users experienced reductions in body fat, weight, blood pressure, and improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness after 90 days. MD Revolution provides an end-to-end chronic care management solution with tools for patient enrollment, care plan creation, clinically relevant messaging through multiple modalities, and billing automation.
The document outlines an agenda for a workshop on safer medicine management among older people living at home. The workshop will include presentations on business model canvases, risk and milestones, and business case development. Attendees will work in groups to develop business cases for three proposals: using "teach back" to engage patients, improving inter-professional communication around specialized medications, and changing systems for medicine optimization. The workshop aims to create implementation plans to address safer medication management.
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The document describes AM Services Training Academy, which provides training programs to help life sciences graduates transition to careers in IT. The training programs cover topics like pharmacovigilance, clinical data management, clinical research, and the US healthcare system. Graduates of the programs can get jobs in IT companies in roles like clinical data analyst or drug safety associate. The academy is run by doctors and experts from clinical research and aims to help students improve their skills and career prospects.
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Lessons learned from changing the consultant workforce model in acute medicine.NHS England
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1. Traditional workforce planning focuses too much on numbers and makes predictions about the future that may not come to pass given uncertainties.
2. The document proposes using scenarios and modeling to better understand how different factors could impact future demand for skills and competencies rather than just headcounts.
3. It presents an example of modeling pharmacy workforce needs over time under different scenarios that show the range of possible outcomes is much wider than a single prediction, emphasizing the importance of stress testing policies against multiple futures.
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Horizon 2035 scenarios the workforce adapts to stagnationC4WI
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This document describes a scenario called "Win-win" where a flexible healthcare workforce, positive economic conditions, engaged patients, and advanced technology lead to integrated care that benefits both patients and providers. It notes that the scenario was created by stakeholders to test future thinking based on current decisions. Skills in areas like self-management support, generalism, teamwork, communication, education and prevention would be in high demand under this scenario from 2020 to 2035. It also raises questions about how patient empowerment may influence workforce training and international demand for certain skills.
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Horizon 2035 scenarios enterprising service usersC4WI
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1) Self-care through public health initiatives and low-cost diagnostic tools increases, leading to more specialized but fragmented health services.
2) Tensions emerge between professional opinions and growing "informed" patient opinions as self-diagnosis rises.
3) By 2025, private point-of-care diagnosis becomes a common entry point to the healthcare system.
This scenario, called "Inequality pervades", describes a future where poor economic growth and slow service innovation leads to increased health and care inequality and lower workforce retention. It involves increased pressure on public services from an aging population and rise in long-term conditions outpacing available resources. As a result, consumers have more choice between private insurance and public services exacerbating inequality, while the workforce reorganizes into specialized centers and the third sector takes on a larger role.
Horizon 2035: Developing a long-term strategic vision for the health, social ...C4WI
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Developing robust workforce policies for the English health and social care s...C4WI
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Using scenarios to plan the future workforce for the health and social care s...C4WI
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The document discusses workforce planning and forecasting for healthcare professionals. It describes using scenario planning and modeling across multiple scenarios to test policy options under different futures. This helps create robust policies by understanding how the healthcare system works as a whole and exploring uncertain future trends, like changes in disease patterns or technology. The document also discusses developing frameworks to understand future skills needs based on drivers like demographic changes, technology advances, and mobility across health systems.
Matt Edwards, Head of Horizon Scanning and International, and John Fellows, Horizon Scanning Consultant, spoke at the second conference of the Joint Action as the UK representative, on the future skills and competences
Innovative research and development at the CfWI (Download to read in full)C4WI
The Centre for Workforce Intelligence’s (CfWI) Research
and Development (R&D) activities are central to providing
world-class intelligence to support workforce planning across health, public health and social care. Innovative R&D informs all our programmes and projects.
Using system dynamics to inform future pharmacist student intake in England u...C4WI
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Greg Allen Westminster Health Forum opening remarksC4WI
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CfWI Annual Conference 2013 - Brian Walsh keynote presentationC4WI
This document outlines key considerations for developing a workforce strategy for the future. It discusses understanding priorities like integration, diminishing resources, quality and competence, culture and values, and leadership. It emphasizes establishing a baseline of the current workforce, planning with stakeholders, and continuously reviewing and evaluating the strategy as the landscape changes. Quality and competence focuses on having an appropriately skilled workforce to deliver safe services. Culture and values should address commonalities instead of differences. Leadership is crucial and should model accountability, visibility, and succession planning. The strategy must recognize national developments while allowing local implementation and manage the ongoing transition.
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In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
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What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
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GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
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Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
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Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?
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1. Robust workforce planning for
the English medical workforce
Dr Graham Willis - Head of Research and Development
Dr Andrew Woodward - Lead Modeller
Dr Siôn Cave - Decision Analysis Services Ltd
The CfWI produces quality intelligence to inform better workforce planning
that improves people’s lives
2. Contents
1. The challenge of workforce planning in the health sector
2. Background to the MDSI project
3. Overview of CfWI’s robust workforce planning framework
4. Application of the framework to the MDSI project
5. The MDSI System Dynamics model
6. Impact of MDSI project and benefits of the planning framework
3. Workforce planning in healthcare
Workforce planning is ensuring “The right people,
with the right skills, in the right places, at the right
time”
The English National Health Service employs:
1.4 million people
140,000 Doctors
370,000 Nurses
4. Why do workforce planning?
Cost of workforce – training and employment is
expensive, we want to reduce wastage.
Productivity – getting the most from our
investments
Safety – as patients we demand a safe service
Quality – we all want the best possible outcomes
5. Challenges of health workforce planning
Supply – based on current stock and the pipeline in/out.
Complicated by factors such as:
+60 specialties with 15 yrs of training
Delays
Attrition
Part time working, work/life balance
6. Challenges of health workforce planning
Demand – assessing affordable need for the future workforce
Influenced by factors such as:
patient population
patient lifestyle
who delivers the care, doctors/nurses/others?
where will care be delivered? Community vs hospital
The unknown
7. Contents
1. The challenge of workforce planning in the health sector
2. Background to the MDSI project
3. Overview of CfWI’s robust workforce planning framework
4. Application of the framework to the MDSI project
5. The MDSI System Dynamics model
6. Impact of MDSI project and benefits of the planning framework
8. MDSI goals
To ensure an adequate and
affordable supply of good
quality trained doctors and
dentists
To advise on future total
intakes to undergraduate
medical and dental training in
England
Approach
Long-term planning to 2040
Recognise uncertainty
Generate challenging futures
Quantify the key factors
Robust workforce planning
9. Contents
1. The challenge of workforce planning in the health sector
2. Background to the MDSI project
3. Overview of CfWI’s robust workforce planning framework
4. Application of the framework to the MDSI project
5. The MDSI System Dynamics model
6. Impact of MDSI project and benefits of the planning framework
11. Workforce models require...
Facts we know – like current training numbers and
workforce
Assumptions we make – where data is missing or
poor quality, like attrition during training
Parameters we can control – policy levers like
intake to training or retirement age
Uncertainties we can quantify – which vary
between different futures, like workforce attrition
12. Contents
1. The challenge of workforce planning in the health sector
2. Background to the MDSI project
3. Overview of CfWI’s robust workforce planning framework
4. Application of the framework to the MDSI project
5. The MDSI System Dynamics model
6. Impact of MDSI project and benefits of the planning framework
13. Application to the MDSI project
Project started August 2011
Horizon scanning
Jan 2012 – 44 experts interviewed
Scenario generation
Jan to Feb 2012 – two 2-day workshops with 30 participants; over 200
drivers identified
April to May – 58 people involved in Delphi process
Workforce modelling
Jan to Oct 2012 –Vensim models developed for medicine & dentistry
Policy analysis
Jul to Oct 2012 –stakeholder meetings and formal HENSE review group
presentation
Final report published on DH website Jan 2013
14. SD modelling is integral to the framework
Horizon scanning
Scenario generation
Workforce modelling
Policy analysis
System dynamics…
• Better understanding – dynamic behaviour of a system over time
• Simplify complexity – rich picture of causality, feedback and delays
• High stakeholder involvement–process provides as much value as end product
• Robust decisions – avoid policies and futures that lead to unexpected consequences
15. Contents
1. The challenge of workforce planning in the health sector
2. Background to the MDSI project
3. Overview of CfWI’s robust workforce planning framework
4. Application of the framework to the MDSI project
5. The MDSI System Dynamics model
6. Impact of MDSI project and benefits of the planning framework
16. WORKFORCE MODELLING
Policy Analysis
Analyse the scenarios, and the impact of the levers we can control
(potential strategies or policies) across scenarios
Specification
Specify the purpose of the workforce model, the scope and
boundaries
Documentation and Testing
Full model documentation and independent validation and
verification (V&V)
Development
Develop the supply and demand model using the System Dynamics
method
We apply a rigorous approach to SD modelling
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Model Requirement
• Calculate supply and demand for the medical
and dental workforces to 2040
• Segment the workforce by age and gender
• Represent the training pipeline from entering
university through to delivering service as fully
qualified doctors and dentists
• Represent the complex career paths for
doctors and dentist following qualification
• Execute rapidly and produce outputs that can
be readily analysed
• Be fully tested and documented, with an audit
trail for all assumptions
Data Availability
Scenario / Policy Questions
Specification
Specification
Specify the purpose of the workforce model, the scope and
boundaries
18. 18
Stakeholders
• DH’s Workforce Data and Analysis Team
• Health and Social Care Information Centre
• BMA
• GMC and specific deaneries
• UCAS
• NHS Pensions
• Medical project reference group
• + National road shows….
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Attrition Start Seeking
Training Or Career Post
Core Training
Attrition Rate Leave
System
Core Training Attrition
Start Seeking Training
Or Career Post
Career Post Attrition
Rate Leave System
Career Post With
CESR Leave System
Start Career Post
With CESR From
OES
Start Career
Post From OES
GP Attrition
Leave System
Hospital Consultant
Attrition Leave System
Complete F2 Start
Seeking Training or
Career Post
Pass F2 Leave
System
Percentage of Medical
School Intake That Will Drop
Out
<100 Percent>
Percentage of the Students
that start F1 that will Drop
Out
<100 Percent>
Percentage Students Fail
Foundation 1 and Resit
<100 Percent>
Initial Foundation 1
<100 Percent>
Percentage Students Fail
Foundation 2 and Resit
<100 Percent>
Initial Foundation 2
Pass F2
Percentage Student Pass
F2 And Leave System
<100 Percent>
GP Attrition Rate
<100 Percent>
Initial GP
Initial Hospital Consultants
in GP training
Hospital Consultant Attrition
Rate
Initial Hospital Consultant
<100 Percent>
Percentage Career Post
Gain CESR Per Year
Initial Career Post
<100 Percent>
GP Training Attrition Rate
Leave Medical System
<100 Percent>
GP Training Attrition Rate
Seeking Training or Career
Post
<100 Percent>
Percentage Complete GP
Training And Leave System<100 Percent>
Time to find GP Position
Run Through Training
Attrition Rate Leave Medical
System
<100 Percent>
Run Through Training
Attrition Rate Seeking
Training or Career Post
<100 Percent>
Start Seeking
Hospital Consultant
Position after Higher
Specialty Training
Percentage Complete Run
Through Training And Leave
System
<100 Percent>
Percentage Complete
Higher Specialty Training
And Leave System
<100 Percent>
Time to find Hospital
Consultant position
Initial Seeking Hospital
Consultant Position
Initial Seeking GP Position
Core Training Attrition Rate
Leave Medical System
<100 Percent>
Core Training Attrition Rate
Seeking Training or Career
Post
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
Percentage Complete Core
Training And Leave System
<100 Percent>
Higher Specialty Training
Attrition Rate Leave Medical
System
Higher Specialty Training
Attrition Rate Seeking
Training or Career Post
<100 Percent>
Initial Seeking Training or
Career Post
Initial Career Post With
CESR
Average Time to find Career
Post
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
Annual Medical School
Intake From England
FLAG Start
Accademic Year
<Time>
<TIME STEP>
Accademic Year
Start Date
Time Spent In Medical
School By DelayLength
Annual Medical School
Intake From Outside Of
Country
<TIME STEP>
<100 Percent>
1 Year
<100 Percent>
Complete F2
Including Attrition
Percentage of the Students
that start F2 that will Drop
Out
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
<Percentage Students Fail
Foundation 1 and Resit>
<Percentage Students Fail
Foundation 2 and Resit>
<100 Percent>
GP Training Length
Including Delay Percentage
Start GP
Training
Start and Continue GP
Training By Remaining
Delay
<100 Percent>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Complete GP
Training
Accademic Year
<TIME STEP>
<TIME STEP>
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Complete GP Training
and Progress To Next
Year
Start Run
Through Training
Start and Continue Run
Through Training By
Remaining Delay Run Through Training Length
Including Delay Percentage
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
Complete Run
Through Training
Accademic Year
<TIME STEP>
Complete Run Through
Training and Progress To
Next Year
<100 Percent>
Start Core
Training
Start and Continue
Core Training By
Remaining Delay
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
Complete Core Training
Accademic Year
<TIME STEP>
Complete Core
Training and Progress
To Next Year
<100 Percent>
Start Higher
Specialty Training
Start and Continue Higher
Specialty Training By
Remaining Delay
Higher Specialty Training
Length Including Delay
Percentage
<100 Percent>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
Complete Higher
Specialty Training
Accademic Year
<1 Year>
Complete Higher
Specialty Training and
Progress To Next Year
<100 Percent>
Foundation Year 2
TOTAL
Seeking Training or
Career Post TOTAL
GP Training TOTAL
Run Through Training
TOTAL
Core Training TOTAL
Higher Specialty
Training TOTAL
Career Post Without
CESR TOTAL
Career Post With
CESR TOTAL
Seeking Hospital
Consultant Position
TOTAL
Hospital Consultant
TOTAL
Hospital Consultant to
GP Training TOTAL
Seeking GP
Position TOTAL
GP TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<100 Percent>
GP Training New
Entrants
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
Foundation TOTAL
Training Run
Through New
Entrants
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Higher Specialty Training
New Entrants
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Number of CCT
Consultant Per Year
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Number Completing
Core Training
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Start Consultant
Training Core TOTAL
<TIME
STEP> <FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Pass F2 TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Number of Completing
Consultant Training
HS
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<100 Percent>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time><INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
<INITIAL TIME> <Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time> <INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<100 Percent>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<TIME STEP>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<TIME STEP>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
Annual F1 Intake From
Outside Of English System
<TIME STEP><FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Annual F2 Intake From
Outside Of English System
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year> <TIME STEP>
Annual GP Training Intake
From Outside Of English
System
<TIME STEP>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
Annual Run Through Intake
From Outside Of English
System
<INITIAL TIME>
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Annual Core Training Intake
From Outside Of English
System <INITIAL TIME>
<Time> <TIME STEP>
Annual Higher Specialty
Training Intake From
Outside Of English System
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<TIME STEP>
Annual Career Post Without
CESR Intake From Outside
Of English System
Annual Career Post With
CESR Intake From Outside
Of English System
Annual Hospital Consultant
Intake From Outside Of
English System
Annual GP Intake From
Outside Of English System
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
<TIME STEP>
<TIME STEP>
GP TOTAL By Gender
Start Consultant or GP
Training From Career
Post
Start Higher Specialty
Training From Career
Post
<TIME STEP>
Time to Complete
Consultant to GP
Conversion Training
Annual Hospital Consultant
Start GP Conversion
Training
<TIME STEP>
<INITIAL TIME>
Complete
Consultant Core
Training Available
For Higher
Specialty Training
<TIME STEP>
Start Consultant or GP
Training Core Career Post
TOTAL
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
GP Training TOTAL
By Gender
Career Post Without
CESR TOTAL By Gender
Run Through Training
TOTAL By Gender
Core Training TOTAL
By Gender
<Initial Medical School
By Completion Year>
<Start Core Training
From F2>
<Start Core Training
From Career Post>
<Start GP Training From
F2>
<Start GP Training
From Career Post>
<Start Run Through
Training From F2>
<Start Run Through
Training From Career
Post>
<Initial GP Training By
Delay Length>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<Initial Run Through
Training By Delay
Length>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<Initial Run Through
Training By Delay
Length>
<Initial Higher
Specialty Training
By Delay Length>
<Initial Higher Specialty
Training By Delay
Length>
<Initial Core Training
By Delay Length>
Core Training Length
Including Delay Percentage
<Initial Core Training By
Delay Length>
Start GP Position
Rejoiners
Annual GP Rejoiners
Start Hospital
Consultant Position
Rejoiner
Annual Hospital Consultant
Rejoiners
Start Career Post
With CESR Rejoiner
Annual Career Post With
CESR Rejoin
Start Career
Post Rejoiners
Annual Career Post Without
CESR Rejoin
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
InputString
TimeLine
<TIME STEP>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine> <InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine><InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine> <InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine> <InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
Start Consultant C RT or
GP Training RT From
Career Post TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
Start Career Post
TOTAL
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post With
CESR Become Hospital
Consultants
<InputString
TimeLine>
<TIME STEP>
Seeking
Training or
Career Post
Core Trained
Seeking Training or
Career Post Completed
Core Training TOTAL
Career Post
Completed
Core Training
Career Post
Completed Core
Training Gains CESR
Career Post Completed
Core Training Attrition
Rate Leave System
Start Career Post
Completed Core
Training From OES
<100 Percent>
Initial Career Post
Completed Core Training
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post
Completed Core Training
Intake From Outside Of
English System
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Career Post Completed
Core Training TOTAL
By Gender
Start Career Post
Completed Core
Training Rejoiners
Annual Career Post
Completed Core Training
Rejoin
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
Start Career Post
Completed Core
Training
<Average Time to find
Career Post>
<Percentage Career Post
Gain CESR Per Year>
<100 Percent>
Initial Seeking Training or
Career Post Completed
Core Training <InputString
TimeLine>
<Number Start Higher
Specialty Training From
Career Post Completed
Core Training>
Start Seeking Higher
Specialty Training From
Career Post
<TIME STEP>
<Number Start Higher Specialty
Training From Career Post
Completed Core Training>
Foundation Year 2
TOTAL By Gender
<Start GP Training
From Career Post>
<Start Run Through
Training From Career
Post>
<Start Core Training
From Career Post>
Foundation Year 2
TOTAL Gender Ratio
Start F2 TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Start F1 TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
GP Training Gender
Ratio
Career Post Completed
Core Training TOTAL
<Time>
Initial Seeking Training Or
Career Post Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual GP Training Intake
From Outside Of English
System Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial Seeking GP Position
Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial GP Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual GP Intake From
Outside Of English System
Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Start GP Position Rejoiners
Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial Hospital Consultant to
GP Training Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial Hospital Consultant
Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Hospital Consultant
Intake From Outside Of
English System Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Hospital Consultant
Rejoiners Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Seeking Hospital Consultant
Position Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post With
CESR Rejoin Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post With
CESR Intake From Outside
Of English System Age
Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial Career Post With
CESR Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post
Completed Core Training
Intake From Outside Of
English System Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post
Completed Core Training
Rejoin Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial Career Post
Completed Core Training
Age Profile<100 Percent>
Initial Seeking Training or
Career Post Completed
Core Training Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post Without
CESR Intake From Outside
Of English System Age
Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post Without
CESR Rejoin Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial Career Post Without
CESR Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Core Training Intake
From Outside Of English
System Profile
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
Annual Higher Specialty
Training Intake From
Outside Of English System
Age Profile
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
Annual Run Through Intake
From Outside Of English
System Age Profile
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
Career Post With
CESR Age Ratio
Career Post Without
CESR Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Career Post
Completed Core
Training Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Number Complete Core
Start Seeking Career
Post
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<Career Post
Completed Core
Training Age Profile>
<TIME STEP>
<TIME STEP>
<100 Percent>
Aging
S T
CP
Aging
GP T
Aging
GP T
AR LS
Aging
GP T
AR
SToCP
GP Training TOTAL
By Age
Aging
S GP Aging
GP
<TIME STEP>
GP TOTAL By COO
Aging
RT T
Aging
RT T
AR ST
orCP
Aging
RT T
AR
SToCP
Aging
HCto
GP T
Start Hospital Consultant
to GP Conversion Training
TOTAL
Complete Hospital
Consultant to GP
Conversion Training
TOTAL
<100 Percent>
Aging
HCAging
S HC
Aging
CP
Aging
CPw
CESR
Aging
CPw
CT
Aging
SCPo
T wCT
Aging
CT T
Aging
CT AR
STor
CP
Aging
CT AR
LS
Aging
HS T
Aging
HS T
AR LS
Aging
HS T
AR SC
PoT
<InputString
TimeLine>
Career Post Without
CESR Age Profile By
Age Band
Career Post Attrition Rate
<Career Post Attrition Rate>
<Career Post Attrition Rate>
<InputString
TimeLine>
Core Training TOTAL
By Age
Core Training
RATIO Age
GP TOTAL By Age
GP RATIO By Age
<100 Percent>
<Start Seeking Higher
Specialty Training
From Career Post>
<Seeking Training or Career Post>
Career Post Without
CESR TOTAL By COO
GP Training New
Entrants From English
System
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Training Run Through
New Entrants From
English System
<TIME STEP>
Start Core From English
System TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<Percentage Start
Higher Specialty
Training>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Hospital Consultant
TOTAL By COO
Hospital Consultant
TOTAL By Gender
<Percentage Complete Run
Through Training And Leave
System>
<Percentage of the
Students that start F1 that
will Drop Out>
<Start and Continue GP
Training By Remaining
Delay>
<Career Post With
CESR>
<Career Post With
CESR Age Ratio>
<Percentage Start
Higher Specialty
Training>
F1 Complete
Attrition Leave
System
<100 Percent>
Pass F1
<100 Percent>
<Percentage Complete
F1 And Leave System
Including F2 Limits>
<Percentage Complete
Medical School And Leave
System Including F1 Limits>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
Start Consultant CT From
Career Post TOTAL
Start Consultant RT From
Career Post TOTAL
Start Consultant GP Training
RT From Career Post TOTAL
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<Time>
Annual Medical School Intake
From England Age Profile
Annual Medical School
Intake From Outside Of
Country Age Profile
<InputString
TimeLine>
Initial Foundation 1 Age
Profile
<InputString
TimeLine>
Annual F2 Intake From
Outside Of English
System Age Profile
<InputString
TimeLine>
Annual F1 Intake From
Outside Of English
System Age Profile
<InputString
TimeLine>
Initial Foundation 2 Age
Profile
<InputString
TimeLine>
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent> <100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
Aging
F2
Aging
F1
Aging
MS
Start Medical
School
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Complete Study Year
and Progress To Next
Year
Start And
Continue Medical
School
<TIME STEP>
Foundation Year 2
TOTAL By Age
Finish F2 TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
Sum Finish F2 Age
MS F
Sum Finish F2 Age
Workforce
<Flag Aging Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<100 Percent>
<TIME STEP>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<GP Attrition Rate Inc
Scn and Pol and Max
Age Adj>
GP Attrition Rate
TOTAL
<100 Percent>
<TIME STEP>
<1 Year>
<Hospital Consultant
Attrition Rate Inc Scn and
Pol and Max Age Adj>
<1 Year>
<Career Post Attrition
Rate Inc Scn and Pol and
Max Age Adj>
<Start Seeking Training or
Career Post After Career
Post>
<TIME STEP>
<1 Year>
<Career Post Attrition
Rate Inc Scn and Pol and
Max Age Adj>
<Career Post With CESR
Become Hospital
Consultants>
<TIME STEP>
<1 Year>
<Career Post Attrition Rate
Inc Scn and Pol and Max
Age Adj>
<1 Year>
Pass F2 And Stay
In System TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
Career Post With CESR
Become Hospital
Consultant TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Foundation Year 2
TOTAL By Gender
and COO
GP Training TOTAL
By Gender and COO
GP TOTAL By Gender
and COO
Run Through Training
TOTAL By Gender and
COO
Core Training TOTAL
By Gender and COO
Higher Specialty
Training TOTAL By
Gender and COO
Hospital Consultant
TOTAL By Gender and
COO
Career Post Without
CESR TOTAL By Gender
and COO Career Post With
CESR TOTAL By
Gender and COO
Career Post Completed
Core Training TOTAL By
Gender and COO
Hospital Consultant to GP
Training TOTAL By
Gender and COO
<Start GP Training To
Meet Desired Places>
<Time>
<TIME STEP>
<Start Run Through
Training To Meet Desired
Places>
<Start Core Training To
Meet Desired Places>
<Start Higher Specialty
Training To Meet Desired
Places>
Hospital
Consultant
Attrition Rate
TOTAL
<100 Percent>
Hospital Consultant
TOTAL Percentage
Increase
<100 Percent>
<TIME STEP>
Number Completing
Run Through
Training
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Number Completing
GP Training Core By
Gender
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<Percentage of the
Students that start F2 that
will Drop Out>
<Initial Hospital Consultant>
<Time>
GP Total By 10 Yr
Age Bands
Hospital Consultant
TOTAL By Age
Hospital Consultant
Total By 10 Yr Age
Bands
Number Completing
GP Training Core By
Age
<TIME STEP>
Number Completing GP
Training Core By Age
By 10 Yr Age Bands
<Start Seeking Hospital
Consultant Position after
Higher Specialty Training>
<Start Seeking Hospital
Consultant Position after Run
Through Training>
<Start Hospital
Consultant to GP
Conversion Training>
If this structure is
implemented may want to
consider using a different
delay type
<Initial GP Training By
Delay Length>
<Initial Run Through
Training By Delay
Length>
<Initial Core
Training By Delay
Length>
<Initial Higher Specialty
Training By Delay
Length>
Hospital Consultant
Attrition Rate Fixed
for 12 Months
<100 Percent>
Flag
Attrition
Trigger
Fixed Attrition
Rate Start Date<Time>
<TIME STEP>
<INITIAL TIME>
GP Attrition Rate Fixed
for 12 Months
<Flag
Attrition
Trigger>
<100 Percent> <TIME STEP>
<1 Year>
Career Post With
CESR Attrition Rate
Fixed for 12 Months
<Flag
Attrition
Trigger>
<100 Percent>Career Post Without
CESR Attrition Rate
Fixed for 12 Months
<Flag
Attrition
Trigger><100 Percent>
Career Post Completed
Core Training Attrition
Rate Fixed for 12 Months
<Flag
Attrition
Trigger>
<100 Percent>
GP Training
Attrition Delayed by
1TS
<TIME STEP>
Run Through Training
Attrition Delayed by
1TS
<TIME STEP>
Core Training
Attrition Delayed by
1TS
<TIME STEP>
Higher Specialty
Training Attrition
Delayed by 1TS
<TIME STEP>
Start Hospital
Consultant Position
Following Training
TOTAL by Age
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<1 Year>
<1 Year>
<1 Year>
<1 Year>
<Percentage Training
Entrants From English
System Start GP
Training>
Complete F1
TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Number Completing GP
Training Core
<TIME STEP>
Start GP Training
From F2 TOTAL
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Start GP Training
From Career Post
TOTAL
Start Run Through
Training From F2
TOTAL
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Start Run Through
Training From Career
Post TOTAL
Start Core
Training From F2
TOTAL
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Start Core Training
From Career Post
TOTAL
Number Start HST from
Career Post
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Start HST from
English System
TOTAL
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
<TIME STEP>
<Higher Specialty Training
Attrition Start Seeking
Training Or Career Post>
<Complete Consultant
Training Core Start Seeking
Career Post>
<TIME STEP>
<GP Run Through Training
Attrition Rate Start Seeking
Training Or Career Post>
<Run Through Training
Attrition Rate Start Seeking
Training Or Career Post>
<Core Training
Attrition Start Seeking
Training Or Career
Post>
<Start Seeking Higher
Specialty Training From
Career Post>
<TIME STEP>
Development
Develop the supply and demand model using the System
Dynamics method
20. 20
Medical School
EnglandStart Medical
School English
Start Medical
School From OOC
Medical School
Attrition
Complete
Medical School
Medical School
Complete Attrition
Leave System
Foundation
Year 1
Start F1
Resit F1
Foundation
Year 2
Start F2
Resit F2
Foundation 1
Attrition
Foundation 2
Attrition
Finish F1 Finish F2
Start F1 From
OES
Start F2 From
OES
Seeking
Training or
Career Post
Core Training
Higher
Specialty
Training
Run Through
Training
GP Training
Career Post
Without CESR
GP
Hospital
Consultant
Start GP Training
From English
System
Start Core Training
From English Medical
System
Start Run Through
Training From English
System
Complete Core
Training
Start Higher
Specialty
Training from
English Medical
System
Complete Higher
Specialty Training
Complete GP
Training
Hospital
Consultant to
GP Training
Start Hospital
Consultant to GP
Conversion Training
Complete Hospital
Consultant to GP
Conversion Training
Seeking GP
Position Start GP Position
Following Training
Seeking
Hospital
Consultant
Position
Complete Run
Through Training
Start Hospital
Consultant Position
Following Training
Start GP Training
From OES
Start Core Training
From OES
Start Run Through
Training From OES
Start Higher
Specialty Training
From OES
Start GP Position
From OES
Start Hospital
Consultant Position
From OES
Start Career
Post
Career Post
With CESRCareer Post
Gains CESR
Career Post With CESR
Become Hospital
Consultants
Start Seeking Training
or Career Post After
Career Post
Start Seeking
GP Position
Complete GP
Training Leave
System
Complete Higher
Specialty Training
Leave System
Start Seeking Hospital
Consultant Position after
Run Through Training
Complete Run
Through Training
Leave System
Complete Core
Training Leave
System
Complete Consultant
Training Core Start
Seeking Career Post
GP Training Attrition
Leave Medical System
GP Run Through Training
Attrition Rate Start Seeking
Training Or Career Post
Run Through Training
Attrition Rate Leave
System
Run Through Training
Attrition Rate Start Seeking
Training Or Career Post
Higher Specialty
Training Attrition Rate
Leave System
Higher Specialty Training
Attrition Start Seeking
Training Or Career Post
Core Training
Attrition Rate Leave
System
Core Training Attrition
Start Seeking Training
Or Career Post
Career Post Attrition
Rate Leave System
Career Post With
CESR Leave System
Start Career Post
With CESR From
OES
Start Career
Post From OES
GP Attrition
Leave System
Hospital Consultant
Attrition Leave System
Complete F2 Start
Seeking Training or
Career Post
Pass F2 Leave
System
Percentage of Medical
School Intake That Will Drop
Out
<100 Percent>
Percentage of the Students
that start F1 that will Drop
Out
<100 Percent>
Percentage Students Fail
Foundation 1 and Resit
<100 Percent>
Initial Foundation 1
<100 Percent>
Percentage Students Fail
Foundation 2 and Resit
<100 Percent>
Initial Foundation 2
Pass F2
Percentage Student Pass
F2 And Leave System
<100 Percent>
GP Attrition Rate
<100 Percent>
Initial GP
Initial Hospital Consultants
in GP training
Hospital Consultant Attrition
Rate
Initial Hospital Consultant
<100 Percent>
Percentage Career Post
Gain CESR Per Year
Initial Career Post
<100 Percent>
GP Training Attrition Rate
Leave Medical System
<100 Percent>
GP Training Attrition Rate
Seeking Training or Career
Post
<100 Percent>
Percentage Complete GP
Training And Leave System<100 Percent>
Time to find GP Position
Run Through Training
Attrition Rate Leave Medical
System
<100 Percent>
Run Through Training
Attrition Rate Seeking
Training or Career Post
<100 Percent>
Start Seeking
Hospital Consultant
Position after Higher
Specialty Training
Percentage Complete Run
Through Training And Leave
System
<100 Percent>
Percentage Complete
Higher Specialty Training
And Leave System
<100 Percent>
Time to find Hospital
Consultant position
Initial Seeking Hospital
Consultant Position
Initial Seeking GP Position
Core Training Attrition Rate
Leave Medical System
<100 Percent>
Core Training Attrition Rate
Seeking Training or Career
Post
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
Percentage Complete Core
Training And Leave System
<100 Percent>
Higher Specialty Training
Attrition Rate Leave Medical
System
Higher Specialty Training
Attrition Rate Seeking
Training or Career Post
<100 Percent>
Initial Seeking Training or
Career Post
Initial Career Post With
CESR
Average Time to find Career
Post
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
Annual Medical School
Intake From England
FLAG Start
Accademic Year
<Time>
<TIME STEP>
Accademic Year
Start Date
Time Spent In Medical
School By DelayLength
Annual Medical School
Intake From Outside Of
Country
<TIME STEP>
<100 Percent>
1 Year
<100 Percent>
Complete F2
Including Attrition
Percentage of the Students
that start F2 that will Drop
Out
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
<Percentage Students Fail
Foundation 1 and Resit>
<Percentage Students Fail
Foundation 2 and Resit>
<100 Percent>
GP Training Length
Including Delay Percentage
Start GP
Training
Start and Continue GP
Training By Remaining
Delay
<100 Percent>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Complete GP
Training
Accademic Year
<TIME STEP>
<TIME STEP>
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Complete GP Training
and Progress To Next
Year
Start Run
Through Training
Start and Continue Run
Through Training By
Remaining Delay Run Through Training Length
Including Delay Percentage
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
Complete Run
Through Training
Accademic Year
<TIME STEP>
Complete Run Through
Training and Progress To
Next Year
<100 Percent>
Start Core
Training
Start and Continue
Core Training By
Remaining Delay
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
Complete Core Training
Accademic Year
<TIME STEP>
Complete Core
Training and Progress
To Next Year
<100 Percent>
Start Higher
Specialty Training
Start and Continue Higher
Specialty Training By
Remaining Delay
Higher Specialty Training
Length Including Delay
Percentage
<100 Percent>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
Complete Higher
Specialty Training
Accademic Year
<1 Year>
Complete Higher
Specialty Training and
Progress To Next Year
<100 Percent>
Foundation Year 2
TOTAL
Seeking Training or
Career Post TOTAL
GP Training TOTAL
Run Through Training
TOTAL
Core Training TOTAL
Higher Specialty
Training TOTAL
Career Post Without
CESR TOTAL
Career Post With
CESR TOTAL
Seeking Hospital
Consultant Position
TOTAL
Hospital Consultant
TOTAL
Hospital Consultant to
GP Training TOTAL
Seeking GP
Position TOTAL
GP TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<100 Percent>
GP Training New
Entrants
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
Foundation TOTAL
Training Run
Through New
Entrants
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Higher Specialty Training
New Entrants
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Number of CCT
Consultant Per Year
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Number Completing
Core Training
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Start Consultant
Training Core TOTAL
<TIME
STEP> <FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Pass F2 TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Number of Completing
Consultant Training
HS
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<100 Percent>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time><INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
<INITIAL TIME> <Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time> <INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<100 Percent>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<TIME STEP>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<TIME STEP>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
Annual F1 Intake From
Outside Of English System
<TIME STEP><FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Annual F2 Intake From
Outside Of English System
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year> <TIME STEP>
Annual GP Training Intake
From Outside Of English
System
<TIME STEP>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
Annual Run Through Intake
From Outside Of English
System
<INITIAL TIME>
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Annual Core Training Intake
From Outside Of English
System <INITIAL TIME>
<Time> <TIME STEP>
Annual Higher Specialty
Training Intake From
Outside Of English System
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<TIME STEP>
Annual Career Post Without
CESR Intake From Outside
Of English System
Annual Career Post With
CESR Intake From Outside
Of English System
Annual Hospital Consultant
Intake From Outside Of
English System
Annual GP Intake From
Outside Of English System
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
<TIME STEP>
<TIME STEP>
GP TOTAL By Gender
Start Consultant or GP
Training From Career
Post
Start Higher Specialty
Training From Career
Post
<TIME STEP>
Time to Complete
Consultant to GP
Conversion Training
Annual Hospital Consultant
Start GP Conversion
Training
<TIME STEP>
<INITIAL TIME>
Complete
Consultant Core
Training Available
For Higher
Specialty Training
<TIME STEP>
Start Consultant or GP
Training Core Career Post
TOTAL
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
GP Training TOTAL
By Gender
Career Post Without
CESR TOTAL By Gender
Run Through Training
TOTAL By Gender
Core Training TOTAL
By Gender
<Initial Medical School
By Completion Year>
<Start Core Training
From F2>
<Start Core Training
From Career Post>
<Start GP Training From
F2>
<Start GP Training
From Career Post>
<Start Run Through
Training From F2>
<Start Run Through
Training From Career
Post>
<Initial GP Training By
Delay Length>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<Initial Run Through
Training By Delay
Length>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<Initial Run Through
Training By Delay
Length>
<Initial Higher
Specialty Training
By Delay Length>
<Initial Higher Specialty
Training By Delay
Length>
<Initial Core Training
By Delay Length>
Core Training Length
Including Delay Percentage
<Initial Core Training By
Delay Length>
Start GP Position
Rejoiners
Annual GP Rejoiners
Start Hospital
Consultant Position
Rejoiner
Annual Hospital Consultant
Rejoiners
Start Career Post
With CESR Rejoiner
Annual Career Post With
CESR Rejoin
Start Career
Post Rejoiners
Annual Career Post Without
CESR Rejoin
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
InputString
TimeLine
<TIME STEP>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine> <InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine><InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine> <InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine> <InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
Start Consultant C RT or
GP Training RT From
Career Post TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
Start Career Post
TOTAL
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post With
CESR Become Hospital
Consultants
<InputString
TimeLine>
<TIME STEP>
Seeking
Training or
Career Post
Core Trained
Seeking Training or
Career Post Completed
Core Training TOTAL
Career Post
Completed
Core Training
Career Post
Completed Core
Training Gains CESR
Career Post Completed
Core Training Attrition
Rate Leave System
Start Career Post
Completed Core
Training From OES
<100 Percent>
Initial Career Post
Completed Core Training
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post
Completed Core Training
Intake From Outside Of
English System
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Career Post Completed
Core Training TOTAL
By Gender
Start Career Post
Completed Core
Training Rejoiners
Annual Career Post
Completed Core Training
Rejoin
<InputString
TimeLine>
<InputString
TimeLine>
Start Career Post
Completed Core
Training
<Average Time to find
Career Post>
<Percentage Career Post
Gain CESR Per Year>
<100 Percent>
Initial Seeking Training or
Career Post Completed
Core Training <InputString
TimeLine>
<Number Start Higher
Specialty Training From
Career Post Completed
Core Training>
Start Seeking Higher
Specialty Training From
Career Post
<TIME STEP>
<Number Start Higher Specialty
Training From Career Post
Completed Core Training>
Foundation Year 2
TOTAL By Gender
<Start GP Training
From Career Post>
<Start Run Through
Training From Career
Post>
<Start Core Training
From Career Post>
Foundation Year 2
TOTAL Gender Ratio
Start F2 TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Start F1 TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
GP Training Gender
Ratio
Career Post Completed
Core Training TOTAL
<Time>
Initial Seeking Training Or
Career Post Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual GP Training Intake
From Outside Of English
System Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial Seeking GP Position
Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial GP Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual GP Intake From
Outside Of English System
Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Start GP Position Rejoiners
Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial Hospital Consultant to
GP Training Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial Hospital Consultant
Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Hospital Consultant
Intake From Outside Of
English System Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Hospital Consultant
Rejoiners Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Seeking Hospital Consultant
Position Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post With
CESR Rejoin Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post With
CESR Intake From Outside
Of English System Age
Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial Career Post With
CESR Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post
Completed Core Training
Intake From Outside Of
English System Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post
Completed Core Training
Rejoin Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial Career Post
Completed Core Training
Age Profile<100 Percent>
Initial Seeking Training or
Career Post Completed
Core Training Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post Without
CESR Intake From Outside
Of English System Age
Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Career Post Without
CESR Rejoin Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Initial Career Post Without
CESR Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Annual Core Training Intake
From Outside Of English
System Profile
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
Annual Higher Specialty
Training Intake From
Outside Of English System
Age Profile
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
Annual Run Through Intake
From Outside Of English
System Age Profile
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
Career Post With
CESR Age Ratio
Career Post Without
CESR Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Career Post
Completed Core
Training Age Profile
<100 Percent>
Number Complete Core
Start Seeking Career
Post
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<Career Post
Completed Core
Training Age Profile>
<TIME STEP>
<TIME STEP>
<100 Percent>
Aging
S T
CP
Aging
GP T
Aging
GP T
AR LS
Aging
GP T
AR
SToCP
GP Training TOTAL
By Age
Aging
S GP Aging
GP
<TIME STEP>
GP TOTAL By COO
Aging
RT T
Aging
RT T
AR ST
orCP
Aging
RT T
AR
SToCP
Aging
HCto
GP T
Start Hospital Consultant
to GP Conversion Training
TOTAL
Complete Hospital
Consultant to GP
Conversion Training
TOTAL
<100 Percent>
Aging
HCAging
S HC
Aging
CP
Aging
CPw
CESR
Aging
CPw
CT
Aging
SCPo
T wCT
Aging
CT T
Aging
CT AR
STor
CP
Aging
CT AR
LS
Aging
HS T
Aging
HS T
AR LS
Aging
HS T
AR SC
PoT
<InputString
TimeLine>
Career Post Without
CESR Age Profile By
Age Band
Career Post Attrition Rate
<Career Post Attrition Rate>
<Career Post Attrition Rate>
<InputString
TimeLine>
Core Training TOTAL
By Age
Core Training
RATIO Age
GP TOTAL By Age
GP RATIO By Age
<100 Percent>
<Start Seeking Higher
Specialty Training
From Career Post>
<Seeking Training or Career Post>
Career Post Without
CESR TOTAL By COO
GP Training New
Entrants From English
System
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Training Run Through
New Entrants From
English System
<TIME STEP>
Start Core From English
System TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<Percentage Start
Higher Specialty
Training>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Hospital Consultant
TOTAL By COO
Hospital Consultant
TOTAL By Gender
<Percentage Complete Run
Through Training And Leave
System>
<Percentage of the
Students that start F1 that
will Drop Out>
<Start and Continue GP
Training By Remaining
Delay>
<Career Post With
CESR>
<Career Post With
CESR Age Ratio>
<Percentage Start
Higher Specialty
Training>
F1 Complete
Attrition Leave
System
<100 Percent>
Pass F1
<100 Percent>
<Percentage Complete
F1 And Leave System
Including F2 Limits>
<Percentage Complete
Medical School And Leave
System Including F1 Limits>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<Time>
Start Consultant CT From
Career Post TOTAL
Start Consultant RT From
Career Post TOTAL
Start Consultant GP Training
RT From Career Post TOTAL
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<Time>
Annual Medical School Intake
From England Age Profile
Annual Medical School
Intake From Outside Of
Country Age Profile
<InputString
TimeLine>
Initial Foundation 1 Age
Profile
<InputString
TimeLine>
Annual F2 Intake From
Outside Of English
System Age Profile
<InputString
TimeLine>
Annual F1 Intake From
Outside Of English
System Age Profile
<InputString
TimeLine>
Initial Foundation 2 Age
Profile
<InputString
TimeLine>
<100 Percent>
<100 Percent> <100 Percent>
<100 Percent>
Aging
F2
Aging
F1
Aging
MS
Start Medical
School
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Complete Study Year
and Progress To Next
Year
Start And
Continue Medical
School
<TIME STEP>
Foundation Year 2
TOTAL By Age
Finish F2 TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
Sum Finish F2 Age
MS F
Sum Finish F2 Age
Workforce
<Flag Aging Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<Flag Aging
Trigger>
<100 Percent>
<TIME STEP>
<Time>
<INITIAL TIME>
<GP Attrition Rate Inc
Scn and Pol and Max
Age Adj>
GP Attrition Rate
TOTAL
<100 Percent>
<TIME STEP>
<1 Year>
<Hospital Consultant
Attrition Rate Inc Scn and
Pol and Max Age Adj>
<1 Year>
<Career Post Attrition
Rate Inc Scn and Pol and
Max Age Adj>
<Start Seeking Training or
Career Post After Career
Post>
<TIME STEP>
<1 Year>
<Career Post Attrition
Rate Inc Scn and Pol and
Max Age Adj>
<Career Post With CESR
Become Hospital
Consultants>
<TIME STEP>
<1 Year>
<Career Post Attrition Rate
Inc Scn and Pol and Max
Age Adj>
<1 Year>
Pass F2 And Stay
In System TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
Career Post With CESR
Become Hospital
Consultant TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Foundation Year 2
TOTAL By Gender
and COO
GP Training TOTAL
By Gender and COO
GP TOTAL By Gender
and COO
Run Through Training
TOTAL By Gender and
COO
Core Training TOTAL
By Gender and COO
Higher Specialty
Training TOTAL By
Gender and COO
Hospital Consultant
TOTAL By Gender and
COO
Career Post Without
CESR TOTAL By Gender
and COO Career Post With
CESR TOTAL By
Gender and COO
Career Post Completed
Core Training TOTAL By
Gender and COO
Hospital Consultant to GP
Training TOTAL By
Gender and COO
<Start GP Training To
Meet Desired Places>
<Time>
<TIME STEP>
<Start Run Through
Training To Meet Desired
Places>
<Start Core Training To
Meet Desired Places>
<Start Higher Specialty
Training To Meet Desired
Places>
Hospital
Consultant
Attrition Rate
TOTAL
<100 Percent>
Hospital Consultant
TOTAL Percentage
Increase
<100 Percent>
<TIME STEP>
Number Completing
Run Through
Training
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Number Completing
GP Training Core By
Gender
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<Percentage of the
Students that start F2 that
will Drop Out>
<Initial Hospital Consultant>
<Time>
GP Total By 10 Yr
Age Bands
Hospital Consultant
TOTAL By Age
Hospital Consultant
Total By 10 Yr Age
Bands
Number Completing
GP Training Core By
Age
<TIME STEP>
Number Completing GP
Training Core By Age
By 10 Yr Age Bands
<Start Seeking Hospital
Consultant Position after
Higher Specialty Training>
<Start Seeking Hospital
Consultant Position after Run
Through Training>
<Start Hospital
Consultant to GP
Conversion Training>
If this structure is
implemented may want to
consider using a different
delay type
<Initial GP Training By
Delay Length>
<Initial Run Through
Training By Delay
Length>
<Initial Core
Training By Delay
Length>
<Initial Higher Specialty
Training By Delay
Length>
Hospital Consultant
Attrition Rate Fixed
for 12 Months
<100 Percent>
Flag
Attrition
Trigger
Fixed Attrition
Rate Start Date<Time>
<TIME STEP>
<INITIAL TIME>
GP Attrition Rate Fixed
for 12 Months
<Flag
Attrition
Trigger>
<100 Percent> <TIME STEP>
<1 Year>
Career Post With
CESR Attrition Rate
Fixed for 12 Months
<Flag
Attrition
Trigger>
<100 Percent>Career Post Without
CESR Attrition Rate
Fixed for 12 Months
<Flag
Attrition
Trigger><100 Percent>
Career Post Completed
Core Training Attrition
Rate Fixed for 12 Months
<Flag
Attrition
Trigger>
<100 Percent>
GP Training
Attrition Delayed by
1TS
<TIME STEP>
Run Through Training
Attrition Delayed by
1TS
<TIME STEP>
Core Training
Attrition Delayed by
1TS
<TIME STEP>
Higher Specialty
Training Attrition
Delayed by 1TS
<TIME STEP>
Start Hospital
Consultant Position
Following Training
TOTAL by Age
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<1 Year>
<1 Year>
<1 Year>
<1 Year>
<Percentage Training
Entrants From English
System Start GP
Training>
Complete F1
TOTAL
<TIME STEP>
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Number Completing GP
Training Core
<TIME STEP>
Start GP Training
From F2 TOTAL
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Start GP Training
From Career Post
TOTAL
Start Run Through
Training From F2
TOTAL
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Start Run Through
Training From Career
Post TOTAL
Start Core
Training From F2
TOTAL
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Start Core Training
From Career Post
TOTAL
Number Start HST from
Career Post
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
Start HST from
English System
TOTAL
<FLAG Start
Accademic Year>
<TIME STEP>
<TIME STEP>
<Higher Specialty Training
Attrition Start Seeking
Training Or Career Post>
<Complete Consultant
Training Core Start Seeking
Career Post>
<TIME STEP>
<GP Run Through Training
Attrition Rate Start Seeking
Training Or Career Post>
<Run Through Training
Attrition Rate Start Seeking
Training Or Career Post>
<Core Training
Attrition Start Seeking
Training Or Career
Post>
<Start Seeking Higher
Specialty Training From
Career Post>
<TIME STEP>
Data included… Historic range Source
Accepted applicants to preclinical dentistry 2007 –11 UCAS
Medical school intakes 2007–11 Higher Education Funding Council for England
Foundation programme data 2011 Foundation Programme Annual Report
Medical and GP workforce census for England 2008–11 Health and Social Care Information Centre
National population projections 2010 Office for National Statistics
Hospital episode statistics for England 2010 –11 Health and Social Care Information Centre
Scenario data
Policy data
Development
Develop the supply and demand model using the System
Dynamics method
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Testing included:
1. Independent CfWI testing
2. Comparison with medical workforce models
3. Review of the results with relevant stakeholders
4. Sensitivity analysis
Documentation and Testing
Full model documentation and independent validation and
verification (V&V)
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Analysis tools
• Create, store and edit future scenarios
• Create, store and edit potential policies
• Store the results of multiple simulations
• View and analyse the results of multiple
scenarios
Policy Analysis
Analyse the scenarios, and the impact of the levers we can
control (potential strategies or policies) across scenarios
23. Contents
1. The challenge of workforce planning in the health sector
2. Background to the MDSI project
3. Overview of CfWI’s robust workforce planning framework
4. Application of the framework to the MDSI project
5. The MDSI System Dynamics model
6. Impact of MDSI project and benefits of the planning framework
24. Impact…
Future supply of doctors will exceed future demand in all
scenarios examined
Influenced HENSE group to recommend a 2% reduction in
medical school intake from 2013, to be reviewed in 2014 and
regularly at 3yr intervals.
approx 120 medical students
£50 Million saving per year
Many policy options tested,
including rebalancing primary
and secondary workforce.
25. Reflections on the project
Strong stakeholder buy-in to a completely new approach
System dynamics modelling ‘made sense’
Using scenarios to test policies proved highly effective
Major decisions were taken – to reduce medical intake and
not change dental intake
Enabled policy makers to recognised uncertainty of the
future
Approach accepted by DoH and has been/is being used for:
Pharmacy
Psychiatry
General practitioner
Anaesthetics & Intensive care medicine
26. Robust workforce planning for
the English medical workforce
Dr Graham Willis - Head of Research and Development
Dr Andrew Woodward - Lead Modeller
Dr Siôn Cave - Decision Analysis Services Ltd
The CfWI produces quality intelligence to inform better workforce planning
that improves people’s lives
S. Taylor, People and Organisations, Employee Resourcing (1998)Medical means doctors in this work
S. Taylor, People and Organisations, Employee Resourcing (1998)
S. Taylor, People and Organisations, Employee Resourcing (1998)
S. Taylor, People and Organisations, Employee Resourcing (1998)
Talk about why SD is so important for the overall framework – or perhaps this fits in better with Grahams bit about the overall framework
that we have got an approach to modelling that reduces risk of not producing the right model for the task in hand, is aligned with the overall framework and maximises client engagementA core part of the Robust Planning Framework for workforce planning is the development of suplly and demand models to enable the impact of scenarios and policies to be understood and quantified.The use of a formal method means that the right model is developed for the task in hand, with appropriate time for consultation with stakeholders, data acquisition and testing.The methodology is composed of 4 key stages:TALK through these at a high level
The workforce models were required to:Calculate the supply and demand for the medical and dental workforces from now through to 2040Segment the workforce by age and genderRepresent the training pipeline from entering university through to delivering service as fully qualified doctors and dentistsRepresent the complex career paths for doctors and dentist following qualificationIntegrate with large datasets from a variety of NHS and other official data sources Use the data from the Delphi workshops that define the attributes of the four scenariosEnable policy analysis to be carried out to determine the impact of different policies on the different scenariosExecute rapidly and produce outputs that can be readily analysedBe fully tested and documented, with an audit trail for all assumptionsAllow the sensitivity of the input assumptions to be determined.Due to the complexity of the model scope and scale it was decided that the system dynamics approach was best suited to meeting the modelling requirements. Not only does the method allow the complex processes to be represented and to integrate with the complex datasets, but as it based on a graphical representation of the system the stakeholders can be more readily involved in the model validation.Two models were developed, one for the medical workforce and the other for the dental workforce. The models were built using Vensim DSS and Excel. A user interface was developed using Excel to enable non-SD analysts to more easily use the model and carry out policy analysis.The model specification clearly defined the purpose of the model, and defined what was required in the model and equally importantly what was out of scope. The specification was based on the initial model requirement outline in Section 3 and ensured that the developed models only represented what was needed for the purposes of the HENSE review, thus preventing scope creep and mitigating against the risk of late delivery.
The initial stages of model development were to map out the relevant processes of the training and career pathways with appropriate stakeholders from the medical and dental systems. The maps were created in Vensim and printed out to be shared with the stakeholders. In addition, the process maps were presented at a series of national road shows hosted by the CfWI, which enabled over 80 people to comment and amend the process maps. Numerous stakeholders helped to sense-check the accuracy of the models themselves or helped to provide or sense-check the data and modelling assumptions used. Key sources of help were the DH’s Workforce Data and Analysis Team, the Health and Social Care Information Centre, the BMA, GMC and specific deaneries, UCAS, NHS Pensions, and members of the medical project reference group. Annex A provides details of the stakeholders involved.The large degree of stakeholder engagement throughout the process mapping stage ensured high levels of stakeholder buy-in to the modelling process.
Following process mapping the process maps were converted into a quantitative model. The model was developed using a combined Vensim and MS Excel architecture. MS Excel was used to create a user interface so that multiple scenarios and policies could be specified and then simulated with Vensim. The model was developed iteratively. As each functional area was completed the model results were shared with experts to determine whether the behaviour for that functional area was sensible and explainable.The medical and dental models contain similar calculation structures. In both models the future demand is calculated based on the current demand for service, future population projections, changes in levels of need and changes in productivity (for example through technological advances) and changes in service delivery. The demand calculation is based on a framework from the Canadian research programme on health human resources.In both models the future supply is calculated based on the simplified career pathways shown above in Figures 3 and 4. The actual career pathways represented within the models are in fact much more complicated, and include attrition from the stocks, exits out of system, inflows from overseas, workforce re-joiners and re-sits. The workforce levels are also broken out into more detailed career progression pathways. Figure 5 provides a more detailed view of the complexity of the medical training and career pathway as implemented in the Vensim SD model.In addition, the supply is segmented by age (from 16 to 80 years) and gender. This enables age and gender dependent impacts to be taken into account, for example attrition and participation rates. The models have been developed so that additional segmentation can be added if required.Finally, the models contain training allocation algorithms and capacity constraints at each stage of the training pipeline. These enable the preference between types of training to be included (for example there a female gender preference for GP Training). This allows the changes in future demography to be considered within the model. Birch, S. Kephart, G. Tomblin-Murphy, G., O’Brien-Pallas, L., Alder, R., MacKenzie, A. (2011) Human resource planning and the production of heath: a needs-based analytical framework, Canadian Public Policy, 33:S1-S16. The extent to which the workforce work full or part timeThe medical model contains 15 separate influence diagrams, 997 distinct variables and is initialised with 903,525 items of data. This model takes approximately 10 seconds to simulate. The dental model is of similar complexityEach Vensim System Dynamics model is linked to an MS Excel spread sheet. The MS Excel spread sheet contains all the input data used by the Vensim model, including all data references and a complete data audit trail. The table below provides a snapshot of some of the data integrated into the MDSI models: TypeHistoric rangeSourceAccepted applicants to preclinical dentistry 2007 –11 UCASMedical school intakes2007–11 Higher Education Funding Council for EnglandFoundation programme data 2011 Foundation Programme Annual ReportMedical and general practice (GP) workforce census for England 2008–11 Health and Social Care Information CentreNational population projections2010Office for National StatisticsHospital episode statistics for England2010 –11Health and Social Care Information CentreThe MS Excel spread sheet also acted as a user friendly model interface and allowed the user to:Create, store and edit future scenariosCreate, store and edit potential policiesSelect scenarios and policies to simulateSimulate the SD modelStore the results of multiple simulationsView and analyse the results of multiple scenarios
Following process mapping the process maps were converted into a quantitative model. The model was developed using a combined Vensim and MS Excel architecture. MS Excel was used to create a user interface so that multiple scenarios and policies could be specified and then simulated with Vensim. The model was developed iteratively. As each functional area was completed the model results were shared with experts to determine whether the behaviour for that functional area was sensible and explainable.The medical and dental models contain similar calculation structures. In both models the future demand is calculated based on the current demand for service, future population projections, changes in levels of need and changes in productivity (for example through technological advances) and changes in service delivery. The demand calculation is based on a framework from the Canadian research programme on health human resources.In both models the future supply is calculated based on the simplified career pathways shown above in Figures 3 and 4. The actual career pathways represented within the models are in fact much more complicated, and include attrition from the stocks, exits out of system, inflows from overseas, workforce re-joiners and re-sits. The workforce levels are also broken out into more detailed career progression pathways. Figure 5 provides a more detailed view of the complexity of the medical training and career pathway as implemented in the Vensim SD model.In addition, the supply is segmented by age (from 16 to 80 years) and gender. This enables age and gender dependent impacts to be taken into account, for example attrition and participation rates. The models have been developed so that additional segmentation can be added if required.Finally, the models contain training allocation algorithms and capacity constraints at each stage of the training pipeline. These enable the preference between types of training to be included (for example there a female gender preference for GP Training). This allows the changes in future demography to be considered within the model. Birch, S. Kephart, G. Tomblin-Murphy, G., O’Brien-Pallas, L., Alder, R., MacKenzie, A. (2011) Human resource planning and the production of heath: a needs-based analytical framework, Canadian Public Policy, 33:S1-S16. The extent to which the workforce work full or part timeThe medical model contains 15 separate influence diagrams, 997 distinct variables and is initialised with 903,525 items of data. This model takes approximately 10 seconds to simulate. The dental model is of similar complexityEach Vensim System Dynamics model is linked to an MS Excel spread sheet. The MS Excel spread sheet contains all the input data used by the Vensim model, including all data references and a complete data audit trail. The table below provides a snapshot of some of the data integrated into the MDSI models: TypeHistoric rangeSourceAccepted applicants to preclinical dentistry 2007 –11 UCASMedical school intakes2007–11 Higher Education Funding Council for EnglandFoundation programme data 2011 Foundation Programme Annual ReportMedical and general practice (GP) workforce census for England 2008–11 Health and Social Care Information CentreNational population projections2010Office for National StatisticsHospital episode statistics for England2010 –11Health and Social Care Information CentreThe MS Excel spread sheet also acted as a user friendly model interface and allowed the user to:Create, store and edit future scenariosCreate, store and edit potential policiesSelect scenarios and policies to simulateSimulate the SD modelStore the results of multiple simulationsView and analyse the results of multiple scenarios
The models were fully documented and tested prior to use for formal policy analysis. This was carried out to ensure that all model assumptions were formally documented and signed off, and that the model had been implemented correctly. Each model was documented in the following ways:A Technical Description was developed that described the model architecture, model assumptions and how the model is used for analysisThe MS Excel spread sheet made extensive use of comments to describe the purpose of the cells and contained audit trail cells so that references could be included for each data itemEach variable in the Vensim model was documented using the equation editor, and the units were fully defined. A robust, formalised approach to testing was adopted. The purpose of model testing was twofold:To ensure that the model design has been transformed into a simulation model with sufficient accuracyTo ensure that the simulation model is sufficiently accurate for the required purposeA test specification was developed based on the model documentation. The test specification detailed all the tests to be carried out on the model, and included tests of the model structure, formulation and behaviour. The test specification ensured that the testing was carried out methodically, and that all areas of the model were tested. The testing was carried out by a CfWI modeller who was independent of the simulation development process. The results of the testing were captured in a spread sheet. The spread sheet identified when and by whom the test was carried out. The outcome of each test was also logged in the spread sheet. If the test resulted in a fail then the fault was corrected by the model developer. The test was then re-run by the model tester to ensure that it had been corrected, and also that the correction had had no wider implications on the model. The model tester also had the freedom to carry out additional tests on the simulation model, and these were also captured in the testing results spread sheet. In addition to the tests identified in the test specification the following analysis was carried out:The results of the model were compared with previous simulation models that represented the medical workforceThe projections produced by the model for each stage of the training and workforce pipeline, along with the associated assumptions, were reviewed with relevant stakeholders (for example the chief dental officer)The sensitivity of the model outputs to the input data was tested.The sensitivity analysis was of particular importance. There were varying levels of confidence associated with the input data, and the sensitivity analysis was used to determine whether the model outputs were particularly sensitive to any low quality data. Figure 6 shows a sample sensitivity analysis output chart.
Once each model had been tested it was considered to be implemented correctly and fit for purpose, and therefore suitable for policy analysis. Policy analysis required the consideration of the impact of different policies against the four different scenarios defined during the scenario generation phase of the workforce planning framework. Sample policies that were tested as part of the HENSE review included changes to:ProductivitySkill MixRetirement AgeTraining preferencesTraining duration.Amore detailed review of the policy analysis is provided in the online report available at the DH websiteFurthermore, it is best practice in modelling to quantify the uncertainty that is inherent in any forecast of the future, in this case: workforce demand and supply. Decision makers need to understand this to inform their analysis of findings and to make effective decisions. We considered the level of uncertainty through the use of Monte Carlo simulation. Figure 8 provides an example of this uncertainty as a fan chart, giving a probability distribution for supply under one specific scenario.Finally, as each of the values for each of the input variables over time can be accessed from the user interface there is an infinite variety of different policies that can be tested using the model. Therefore the model has great utility outside of the HENSE review.
Graham or Andrew to wrap it up
Graham or Andrew to wrap it up
Add concrete examples to aid comprehension of this system that might be new to the audience