Creating a workforce to support long term conditions

Chair: Sue Dean - Acting Director, NHS National Workforce Projects

9.30am

Keynote address – Exhibition village: Taking control of multiple conditions to live life

My journey. The challenge of having a label. The consequences to my life, family and carers. How self management saved my life. Living life: how I changed my mind set. How health and social care can really make a difference in adding years to life and life to years.

Phil Cummings – Nottingham

10.00am - Session 3a

Right skills in the right place – how to plan your workforce to meet the needs of patients with long term conditions

Issues in planning the workforce to deliver care to patients with long term conditions. Quick wins in workforce planning that you can deliver in the short term. What resources are available and where to find them. Future developments in workforce planning.

Bryan Kessie – Portfolio Project Manager, National Workforce Projects

10.30am - Session 3a continued

Making the most of your resources – developing the skill mix in the workforce

Issues involved in developing an appropriate staffing skill mix. Developing the skill mix in long term neurological conditions in Greater Manchester. Easy steps in developing your staffing skill mix.

Beverley Hopcutt – DH Clinical Adviser (LTC NSF); Therapy Service Manager

11.00am

Coffee and Exhibition

11.30am - Session 3b

Panel and audience discussion – A new style of workforce to support LTCs: what does the future hold for health and social care professionals

What will patients want and need over the next 10 years. The future for health and social care professionals: considering all job roles. The rise of assistive technologies: consequences to the workforce. The challenges of: migration, an ageing population and workforce.

Bryan Kessie – Portfolio Project Manager, National Workforce Projects

Bev Hopcutt – DH Clinical Adviser (LTC NSF); Therapy Service Manager, CMMCUHT

Maria Lagos – Programme Head, Workforce Development, Skills for Care

12.00pm - Session 3b continued

Developing the workforce skills of the future

Care closer to home. Integrated teams – health and social care. Support for self care. Personalisation.

Karen Walker – Divisional Manager – Health Policy Team, Skills for Health

Maria Lagos – Programme Head, Workforce Development, Skills for Care

12.30pm

Keynote address – Exhibition village

Mark Britnell – Director General Commissioning and System Management, Department of Health

12.50pm

Lunch and Exhibition