Centre for Workforce Intelligence

The Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) is the new national authority on workforce planning and development providing advice and information to the NHS and social care system. Its mission is to become 'the primary source of workforce intelligence for health and social care.' Please click here to visit the CfWI website.

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The Centre will provide an easily accessible route to NHS and social care planners, clinicians and commissioners seeking workforce planning and development expertise to improve NHS and social care services. It supports long-term and strategic scenario planning for the whole health and social care workforce, based on research, evidence and analysis and will build strong leadership and capability in workforce planning.

The Centre will focus on three key, strategic areas:

1. Provide workforce intelligence to the health and social care system to enable it to make better decisions. This intelligence spans the "here and now" through thought leadership about the workforce in 10-20 years time.

• Deliver robust and timely intelligence - The Centre is the primary source of workforce intelligence and is cherished by those improving people's lives in health and social care

• Share good practice and innovation - Workforce planners are accessing, using and contributing to the Centre's growing and validated body of knowledge

2. Provide leadership within the system, helping senior leaders to drive workforce planning, strengthening the influence of workforce planners, and connecting different parts of the system.

• Strengthen leadership in workforce planning - Senior leaders in health and social care are driving workforce planning that is integrated with service and financial planning

• Promote long range planning - Organisations are taking a longer-term view of workforce planning

• Support leaders – to meet the Quality / Productivity Challenge

3. Provide the support, resources and best practice to improve the effectiveness of workforce planning at local, regional and national levels.

• Improve skills and resources - Organisations have the skills and resources they need to plan and develop their workforce

• Matching the workforce to patient needs - Service delivery has been improved through matching the workforce to patient needs and the Centre's customers have been supported in improving the quality and productivity of health and social care

• Plan to deliver value for money - Commissioning, provision and evaluation of services