Community Network: the staffing challenges facing community health services and how we can address them
This briefing from the Community Network reveals the problems and solutions to workforce shortages in community healthcare.
Download the briefing $Community Network There Is No Community Without People Briefing 1.0 MBHaving the right numbers and skill mix of community staff is essential to providing high-quality care, keeping people well in their own home or in the community, and preventing demand on other healthcare services.
The solutions proposed in this briefing must be supported by a fully-funded and costed national workforce plan to meet existing and future demand for healthcare. This is particularly true given the increasing focus on care delivery in the community.