Collaboration is essential for a workforce fit for the future of an integrated care system.

Collaboration across a bigger footprint is a fundamental principle of the NHS Long Term Plan. Healthcare workforce provision within a Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) will benefit from the improvements in workforce scale and increased flexibility brought about by a more collaborative approach.

Key opportunities:

·      STP/ICS -level collaboration presents further opportunities for the deployment of skilled clinical workforce from both bank and agency workers across acute, primary and preventative healthcare

·      STP collaborations and workforce solutions also provide the scale required for further investment into digital services. Innovative digital solutions will put the workforce to work in new ways, providing the public with access to a broader set of clinicians at a time that suits them. We already have working examples such as digital therapies for mental health services and remote diagnostics in primary care.

·      Collaborations will provide opportunities for major new programmes of work to release time to care.

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