Chiropdy

(asked on 28th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 5 March to Question 129509, on Chiropody, what the timetable is for the NHS Digital healthcare workforce information working group to report.


Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 18th April 2018

The Workforce Information Review Group (WIRG) is a standing group of National Health Service HR and workforce information experts combined with statisticians from NHS Digital, the Department, Health Education England and others, that works to develop and improve workforce data standards over time. It considers the priorities for data improvement and the resources available to make changes on an incremental basis. When changes have been agreed these will be announced by NHS Digital.

WIRG and its various subgroups consider specific aspects of healthcare workforce information incorporating input from a wide range of stakeholders, including (but not limited to) the Department, NHS England, Heath Education England, NHS Employers, NHS Improvement, NHS Digital and a range of NHS trusts. Input is also sought from appropriate professional bodies and other interested parties such as the British Medical Association, Royal College of Nursing and the Office for Manpower Economics.

There is no specific deadline for the completion of this work as the maintenance of the National Workforce Data Set (NWD) is ongoing to ensure that the workforce data standard remains fit for purpose, to allow for the capture of nationally consistent information about the healthcare workforce for the purposes of monitoring and workforce planning.

WIRG has not received any requests to review the information currently captured regarding the chiropody / podiatry workforce.

If such a request were received, then WIRG would need to prioritise this against other requests to review aspects of the NWD and it would be actioned accordingly.

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