B06 Ireland

Workforce planning in healthcare: Ireland : 

Workforce planning in healthcare: Ireland Jasmina Behan Skills and Labour Market Research Unit, Training and Employment Authority (FÁS) and Expert Group on Future Skills Needs April 2010

Outline : 

Outline Institutional context Scope Methodology An example Recommendation

Institutional context : 

Institutional context Expert Group on Future Skills Needs EGFSN Skills and Labour Market Research Unit, FÁS National Skills Database Ministry for Health and Children Health Service Executive A quantitative tool for workforce planning in healthcare: example simulations (2009)

Task : 

Task To develop quantitative tool To assess balance between demand and supply under various scenarios

Scope : 

Scope General practitioner Medical consultant Medicine Pathology Surgery Obstetrics/gynecology Paediatrics Emergency medicine Anaesthesia Psychiatry Radiology Public health medicine Nurse Therapists Speech and language therapist Radiation therapist Physiotherapist Health care assistant Home help Clinical psychologist Social care worker Medical physicist

Output : 

Output Outline of the situation in 2008 (demand and supply) Illustration 1: what happens if population grows, sourcing is limited to domestic supply and healthcare model remains unchanged Illustration 2: what happens if selected parameters underpinning the model change

Forecasting method : 

Forecasting method Expansion demand (2008-2020) Baseline: headcount/population ratio constant (CSO pop projections) Scenarios: Existing policy targets Target population (e.g. children, 65+ etc.) Segment of service (e.g. public only) Replacement demand (control for age, gender, nationality, part time work) Supply Medical practitioners: cohort analysis Graduate output (control for attrition, first destination, gender and part time work) Alternative pools (maternity leave, Irish students abroad, non-Irish)

An example: General practitioners : 

An example: General practitioners

Assumptions : 

Assumptions

Baseline projections : 

Baseline projections

Baseline projections : 

Baseline projections

Baseline vs. scenario : 

Baseline vs. scenario

Recommendations : 

Recommendations Address data gap Adopt an integrated approach in setting level and type of service provision Approach workforce planning as an ongoing process