What is Happening to Deaneries Dr Emad George Associate Dean SAS East of England Multi-Professional Deanery Focus on doctors in training
From April… Secretary of State Department of Health Health Education England Department of Health Public Health England Local Education and Training Boards NHS Commissioning Board Local Stakeholders, including local authorities Education and Research Health Service Providers Professional Regulators Clinical Commissioning Groups AHSNs
LETB? Local Education and Training Board Responsible for education and training of health & public health workers at regional level. 13 in England Multiprofessional & Workforce Planning .
LETB Principles 1. Vision and leadership 2. Meaningful engagement 3. Good governance 4. Effective financial control 5. Organisational capability 6. Outcome led improvement
LETB Will involve all stakeholders in education Hospitals Primary Care Universities ?Private sector
Deaneries? Deanery functions will continue to exist as part of the LETB Role of Postgraduate Dean continues Variations in how will work by region In those with identified poor performance, the causes are multiple and varied, but key areas to explore include: i) Clinical performance of the individual: (knowledge, skills, communication) ii) Personality and behavioral issues: (professionalism, motivation) iii) Sickness/ill health: (personal/family stress, career frustrations, financial) iv) Environmental issues: (organisational, workload, bullying and harassment)
London 3 LETBs North West North Central & East South
In East of England One LETB matching Deanery Postgraduate Dean also the Director of Education & Quality Central hub and 4 workforce partnership groups
Workforce Partnership Groups Norfolk & Suffolk Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Beds & Herts Essex
Workforce Partnership Groups Each has own board Responsible for education & training in locality Local priorities Feeds in to the main LETB
Impact? Educational Support and Quality are in separate teams from April Staffing effects
Effects on SAS Funding? Administrative support? Wait and see
Key messages Stepping into the unknown Deaneries are still there but relabelled, reorganised and absorbed Now part of multi-professional training matched to workforce planning
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