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Acute workforce review

This section contains good practice examples as well as useful tools and key resources for the workforce in acute health care.

	Title: NTW supervision project report Published: December 2007 Summary: Report on the collaborative action research project: Recognising and developing clinical supervision - Derek Milne and Nasim Choudhri.
	Title: SPT-Uni of Surrey Acute Care Module Handbook Published: October 2007 Summary: Undergraduate Framework for lifelong learning In Health and Social Care Practice. The aim of this programme is to ensure that practitioners have the requisite capabilities to work within the new context of acute mental health care. These can be synopsised into recovery oriented care, core interventions based on sound evidence, knowledge of the processes and constraints within acute care and the ability to reflect on and change ones own practice.
	Title: Support worker career pathway Dorset Published: June 2006 Summary: This Pathway should: Be a useful focus for the continued development of the competencies and capabilities which need to be developed, provide the Support Worker with sources of learning and development and evidence of achievement and with the tools to build up a profile of continuous development. It should also provide a focus for line managers and clinical supervisors to encourage Support Workers to be proactive in progressing in their careers.
	Title: Positive Practice - Consultant Appointments Published: April 2006 Summary: The aim of the review of "Ward rounds" was due to the increasing complaints from patients about the amount of staff involved in their ward rounds. It was decided that consultant appointments will be given where by patients see the consultant to discuss issues with only the ward nurse and SHO.
	Title: Nurse Career Pathway - Staff nurse to nurse consultant Published: June 2006 Summary: This document is relevant for all qualified nurses. Its main aim is to clarify the role expectations of various clinical posts and provide a framework for staff to continue their professional development after qualifying.
	Title: Inpatient seminar report Published: March 2006 Summary: The aims of the seminars are to bring together those who have done, or are in the process of undertaking, nationally commissioned or significant research on an area of services to discuss their work with policy makers, managers and practitioners working in that area.
	Title: An update paper for workforce leads & workforce groups Published: November 2006 Summary: New Ways of Working (NWW) and new roles in mental health has been a major initiative since 2003 when NIMHE and the Royal College of Psychiatrists joined forces to address the problems of recruitment and retention of psychiatrists, and to address the concerns of service users and their families about their experiences of mental health services. Title: NWW & New roles Summary: Powerpoint document on New roles and new ways of working explaining The MH national workforce programme, Background, What are "New Ways of Working", Why are NWW needed, The ultimate aim, New ways of working, New roles and The CCTA.
	Title: Testing the water Published: 2006 Summary: National workforce programme - Mental health amending bill workforce. Scenario planning New roles and responsibilities - Testing the water.
	Title: Skill mix workshop summary Published: May 2006 Summary: This paper summerises the issues, good practice examples and way forward from a National Workforce Project Workshop on 23/05/06. The workshop formed part of the larger National Acute Workforce review under taken by CSIP in 2006.
	Title: MH Care group workforce team Published: August 2004 Summary: Mental Health Care Group Workforce Team, National Mental Health Workforce Strategy. This document is intended for any person or organisation involved in workforce planning and development. It is intended to summarise the background and developing programme of work being undertaken by a variety of key stakeholders. Its aim is to offer a measure of coherence and practicality that will be helpful to people facing workforce challenges.
	Title: Graduate Workers PIG Published: January 2003 Summary: Fast-Forwarding Primary Care Mental Health - Graduate primary care mental health workers best practice guidance. This practice guidance is designed to help PCT's implement the targets set out in the Planning and Priorities Framework (PPF). It should be read in conjunction with Standards two and three of the mental health National Service Framework, the NSF Policy Implementation Guide4 and the related mental health targets in the PPF.

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