Researching the Healthcare Workforce: What Do We Need to Know? Peter Griffiths HSRUK Conference Manchester 2-3 July 2019
Workforce research – just not interesting…. Stock flow and population ratio model closing the gap between workforce and projected population requirement Masnick, K., McDonnell, G., 2010. A model linking clinical workforce skill mix planning to health and health care dynamics. Human Resources for Health 8 (1), 11.
How do we increase supply to match demand? Increasing supply How do we increase supply to match demand? How do we attract more men into nursing? How do we make health careers more attractive?
How do we increase supply to match demand? Increasing supply How do we increase supply to match demand? How do we attract more men into nursing? How do we make health careers more attractive?
Reducing demand Reducing outflows of students /staff Improving population health Skill mix / substitution Increasing productivity Technology
"When we try to pick anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe” (John Muir) Workforce in the context of health and healthcare system dynamics (Masnick et Human Resources for Health doi:10.1186/1478-4491-8-11)
Effect of change on workforce and effect of workforce change? Quality, safety, costs of skill mix / substitution? Creating leadership and good work environments Questions
Non-linear effects of nurse staffing. Non-linear effects of nurse staffing. Change in the hazard of death associated with variation in staffing levels, relative to the mean. RN, registered nurse. Griffiths et al. BMJ Qual Saf doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008043 Copyright © BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the Health Foundation. All rights reserved.
Data from - Bridges et al. BMJ Qual Saf doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008948
World War I Propaganda (Rand McNally & Co., 1917)
GUIDANCE Body copy is size 20pt with normal letter spacing Bullet points have a single line spacing with a 12pt space after Secondary bullet points are 18pt
GUIDANCE Subtitles should be sentence case, 20pt Body copy is size 20pt with normal letter spacing Bullet points have a single line spacing with a 12pt space after Secondary bullet points are 18pt