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Workforce recovery and transformation

Health services in many parts of the world are over-stretched due to workforce shortages, rising demand for services and difficulties in retaining staff. In Scotland, many consultant posts are unfilled, staff are reporting increasing levels of burnout, and there is a huge backlog of patients waiting for treatment.

There is an urgent need to address our workforce challenges, and to take time to better understand the reasons why so many healthcare workers choose to leave the profession.

Key areas we believe need to be addressed are:

1

Increasing the supply of medical professionals with additional medical school places

2

Increasing the number of places available through the medical training initiative

3

An ethical approach to international recruitment

4

Improving support and guidance for international medical graduates

5

Ensuring work plans and contracts provide sufficient time for consultants to deliver training and supervision

6

Ensuring trainees have adequate time and support to complete training

7

Developing a workforce strategy that delivers a plan that is realistic and achievable

8

An innovative and collaborative approach to transformation of services including integration of health and social care

9

Addressing the crisis in social care to enable patients to more easily move from hospital to the care service

10

Developing the roles of and training capacity for enhanced roles including nurse practitioners, medical associate practitioners and surgical care practitioners


Key priority areas

Wellbeing
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Climate Change and Sustainability
Health Inequalities

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