Workforce planning
It is unknown how much time dual anaesthetic and ICM CCT holders will spend working in each speciality. Single CCT holders may also cover the other specialty where there is overlap in skills. The extent of each is not known. This has an impact on workforce planning. In turn, this impacts on rural services and smaller hospital trusts particularly, as they would like the flexibility offered by people with dual CCT to provide both ICU service and other services.
Proposed workforce impact
- It is difficult to accurately plan a workforce due to service variation in how skills and competences are applied in practice.
Sources or references
Additional research questions
- Can anaesthetists and intensivists record their planned activities?
- How accurate are finished consultant episodes at measuring the type of work carried out?
- What further data collection would be necessary and what data protection issues would need to be overcome to enable more accurate workforce planning?
- How can the uncertainty of the proportion of time trainees plan to work in each specialty once qualified be addressed?
- How effectively can single-CCT holders work in the other specialty?
Some of the information in this section is provided by stakeholders and expert groups, and does not necessarily represent the views of the CfWI.
