Mental Health Workforce Collection 2024/25

Every ICB will need to develop whole system workforce plans, building on the progress towards a pre-covid level of return in the 2022/23 operational plans and People Plan delivery.

Developments made to this collection include an increase in the granularity of roles for; Acute, Ambulance, Community, Mental and Specialist Health Organisations as well as for Primary Care. A supply bridge for year 1 to help better explain the workforce change and a detailed Mental Health collection have also been included in this planning round.

Plans must demonstrate an integrated approach to activity, finance and workforce planning for year 1 and look at a realistic workforce change for years 2-5.

The workforce plan will be collected through the Health Education England (HEE) eCollection portal.

ICBs will lead this workforce planning process and agree a workforce plan across their providers and at a system level, to cover all the below tabs:

• WTE (Acute, Ambulance, Community, Mental and Specialist Health)
• Supply Bridge
• Hosted
• Primary Care
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Mental Health NHS Trusts
• Mental Health for NHS Non-Mental Health Trusts
• Mental Health for Non-NHS providers

Timeline

9^th January 2023 - E-Collection and Technical Guidance published

16^th January 2023 - Submission portal opens

23^rd February 2023 - Interim submission and portal closes

10^th March 2023 - Submission portal re-opens

30^th March 2023 - Final submission and portal closes

Technical Support

For support to access the HEE e-collection portal or any other technical enquiries please contact: DataService@hee.nhs.uk

For all general queries relating to the workforce planning collection, including queries about definitions, guidance and content, please contact: england.nhs-planning@nhs.net

The following guidance documents can be found on the NHS Planning FutureNHS Collaboration Platform:

• 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance
• Joint forward plan
• Templates
• Tools
• Technical guidance
• Supporting materials

In order to access these materials, please ensure you request to ‘join’ the associated workspace: NHS Planning - FutureNHS Collaboration Platform