Explosive Learning Solutions
deliver a three-year programme for NHS staff
Learning and development specialist Explosive Learning Solutions
(ELS) is working with National Health
Service (NHS) Improvement to deliver training to 400 people across England.
The programme aims to provide these students with the skills to enable
them to train their NHS colleagues in the operation and implementation of
demand and capacity (D&C) models. In the process, students will become
local specialists who can give ongoing support on issues of D&C practice.
According to the NHS, the mismatch
between capacity and demand is a key reason why waiting lists or backlogs
develop and waiting lists and waiting times increase. Understanding the outputs
of robust demand and capacity modelling is a fundamental requirement for the
planning and delivery of healthcare services in a modern health and social care
system.
The ELS programme, which will be in force for the next three
years, uses a blended approach where the classroom has been ‘flipped’.
ELS’s Marc Waterman explained, “The knowledge-based material in
the programme is contained within the NHS’s virtual learning environment (VLE),
or learning management system (LMS), and is accessed electronically. The
face-to-face element of the programme reinforces the learning of this knowledge
and – importantly - enables delegates to practise the skills they need.
“A webinar concludes each segment of the programme, allowing the
delegates to reflect on, and cement, their learning in preparation for the next
module in the programme.”
He added, “The programme aims to provide the knowledge and skills
needed to bring about a shared
understanding between providers and commissioners on demand, capacity,
bottlenecks and constraints.
“This can help them to, among other
things, understand the reasons why waiting lists grow; understand the gap
between a service’s required capacity and its current capacity; identify any
potential inefficiencies; support better decision making around service changes,
and reduce waiting times for patients.”
The ELS programme’s four modules cover:
·
Effectively
leading D&C change Initiatives
·
Becoming a D&C practitioner
·
Designing and delivering training
·
Developing and supporting D&C stakeholders
About the National Health Service
Demand and Capacity programme
The national Demand and Capacity programme was established in 2016 to support the NHS to
better understand demand and plan sufficient capacity, so that patients do not
wait unnecessarily for treatment. Jointly sponsored by NHS England and NHS
Improvement, the programme aims to:
·
Work with system leaders and support
them in the development of local capacity, capability and confidence in demand
and capacity modelling and reduce reliance upon external or central expert
resources.
·
Develop and deliver a national
training programme to embed knowledge and expertise within local health
economies.
·
Make sure the principles,
methodological approaches and datasets are understood and recognised by both
commissioner and provider organisations, in order to produced shared health
economy plans.
·
Develop a suite of national tools and
models which are produced to an approved and accepted methodology to make sure
there is a consistency of approach.
·
Support and inform the production of
robust activity plans at local organisational level and place-based unit level
as required for future planning rounds.
About Explosive Learning Solutions
Founded in 2005, Explosive Learning Solutions
(ELS) is
a learning and development (L&D) consultancy that believes in using
original and challenging solutions to inspire, enthuse and empower people to
meet its clients’ needs. Working with clients in the public, private and
business sectors worldwide, ELS focuses on organisation-oriented needs
analysis; leadership and management; training and development – applying a
systems approach to training methodology; learning technology; education;
coaching and mentoring; HR development, as well as specialist expertise in the
public sector including in defence issues.
For more information, please contact:
Bob
Little, Bob Little Press & PR, +44 (0)1727 860405; email bob.little@boblittlepr.com
