Our Priorities

This is a significant programme witin the Wakefiedl People Plan and contains a range of projects.

PCN Workforce Strategies

We will suppport the development of PCN Workforce Strategies, including evolution of MDTs that support the work of general practice.  We will support Primary Care Networks to develop new roles as part of the Additional Role Reimbursemenet Scheme. These roles will  work across organisational and professional boundaries. We wil also support the alignment of PCN MDTs with community health services and social care

Integrating Community Health Services and Adult Social Care Teams

We will support the integration of community rehabilitation and reablement services, a key part of the local community transformation programme. We will also embed and evaluate the Integrated Discharge Team to assess the benefits of MDT working when supporting people who ae leaving hospital.

Rotational Paramedics

We will explore the potential for further development of Rotational Paramedics. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS)  commenced the first phase of a rotational paramedic programme in September 2021 with six specialist paramedics rotating between YAS and six primary care networks (PCNs). The programme is set to evolve with further phases set for 2022.

CLEAR Programme

CLEAR (Clinically-Led workforcE and Activity Redesign) funding has been awarded to West Yorkshire for mental health and urgent and emergency care. This is being led by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (mental health) and Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (urgent and emergency care). We will ensure the learning from these initiatives are shared to maximise the potential benefit across a wider footprint.

Digital staff passports

We will review the opportunities for digital staff passports to enable deployment of staff across the system to enable flexibility, demand and development.

Collaborative Staff Bank

We will explore the potential for a collaborative staff bank to optimise the utilisation of temporary staff, reducing agency costs and improving service user experience.

Flexible Working Models

We will continue to share examples of innovative working models to support staff to benefit from flexible working opportunities and to support an agile workforce. We will build on the redeployment process and MoU for shared staff redeployment across organisations, developed during the pandemic and be inclusive of all staff including commissioned services and the staff delivering and supporting our community members.