What Does it Do?

The purpose of the Renal Workforce Planning Group is:

"To review the current guidance on staffing establishments across each professional group and to produce revised recommendations for these groups. The Working Group will also address the workforce planning requirements for renal services nationally as part of the development of a national Renal Recruitment and Retention Strategy."

With cross representation between the Workforce Planning Group and the External Reference Group for the renal National Service Framework (NSF), chaired jointly by Professor Robert Wilkinson at Newcastle and Ms Sarah Mullally, Chief Nursing Officer at the Department of Health plans are in place to ensure that the workforce plans are consistent with the NSF service goals.