News: Performance Management
Training to facilitate 'world class' health service
16 September 2008
Health chiefs are stepping up training and development efforts with the aim of creating a "world class" service for London.
Forming part of a ten-year strategy to modernise patient care in the UK, a multi-million pound fund has been set aside for training over 15,000 health workers.
An extra 4,000 NHS nurses, paramedics and midwives are also being recruited as part of the plans, according to This is London.
Ruth Carnall, the chief executive of NHS London, told the news provider the development of staff who provide care is crucial when it comes to meeting the future needs of the capital's inhabitants.
"This is about promoting excellence in training and education but also about getting the right healthcare professionals working in the right place, delivering quality services to patients in the most appropriate setting," she continued.
Baroness Young from the Care Quality Commission added that more efficient workforces who treat patients in the right place and the right time "go hand in hand with a world class health service".
Included in the upcoming health strategy are plans to train more nurses and other workers to take clinical decisions and fulfil similar leadership roles.
