Co-produced with Skills for Health, this interactive session from Best Practice will provide you with insights into effective workforce planning in the context of an ever-changing primary care sector. It is available for viewing now, you simply need to register on Skills for Health’s site to watch it.

Workforce planning experts will assist you in developing an understanding and awareness for more effective planning, thereby supporting the sustainability of services fit for the future. Additionally, you will be able to better apprehend what support is needed to build your capacity and capability.

Chaired by Dr. Benedict Eccles, Head of Practice at Skills for Health, this session had viewers engaging with a panel of multi-disciplinary experts, exploring some of the key challenges in relation to workforce planning in primary care and identifying suitable ways forward.

The expert panel of speakers included:

• Jan Parfitt
  Senior Workforce Consultant | Skills for Health
• Andrew Lovegrove
  Senior Workforce Consultant | Skills for Health
• Andrew Eynon-Lewis
  GP and Primary Care Dean | HEE South West
• Julia Taylor
  Advanced Clinical Practitioner / GP Trainer, GP Training Programme Director, Primary Care Clinical Lead, & Clinical Advisor | Derbyshire ACP Strategy Group, HEE Primary Care Team, & Lister House Surgery
• Carrie Biddle
  Regional Head of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) | HEE South West
• Martin Giddy
  Primary Care Training Hub Business Manager | Health Education England