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Background
S.W.I.F.T. - Strategic Workforce Investment Funds for Tomorrow
Background to Funding
NHS East of England, is continuing to providing County Workforce Groups with funds to develop the workforce across health and social care. These funds are known as SWIFT – Strategic Workforce Investment Funds for Tomorrow. The aim of this funding is to support the implementation of “Towards the Best Together”, the NHS 10-year regional service strategy, by investigating ways in which staff can work productively and efficiently whilst providing excellent services in areas relating to the needs of Norfolk.
Two conferences were held in June 2009 to obtain stakeholder views on the priorities and actions needed to meet the challenging workforce agenda across Norfolk’s health and social care community. The first conference was the Integrated Health & Social Care Conference on 5 June, followed by the SWIFT Investment Planning workshop on 19 June.
The SWIFT workshop on 19 June identified six workforce development projects which were given priority for development. The remaining SWIFT funds will be targeted at other workforce priorities, such as leadership development.
All SWIFT project proposals must comply with the following SWIFT funding criteria set by NHS East of England:
- Needs to achieve significant step change in the workforce.
- Must relate to the workforce.
- Must clearly show what is expected to be delivered in the next 12 months.
- Must support implementation of “Towards the Best Together” and NHS service strategies.
- Clear timescales for funding flows.
- Clear exit strategy.
- New posts may be funded in cases:
- Where it is part of a process of service transformation and workforce design
- Where the Management & Professional, Education & Training (MPET) funding requirement is time limited and there is a clear exit strategy
- Where there is a commitment from NHS commissioners to meet the costs of any recurrent funding requirements
