ESR

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ESR Data Quality

• Tony Overd
• Workforce Information Manager

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Current ESR Status NHS South West

• Congratulations
• Currently only 5 organisations left
• Currently paying approx. 103,000 Staff (93)
• All live by October 2007

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ESR The Future after implementation

• Contract to 2014
• Cost of system being met centrally
• Benefits Realisation (RA5)
• Regional User Group (RUG)
• Specialist Interest Groups (SIG)

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Enhancement Procedures
Top 3 taken to NUG
Top 10 taken to NSIG
Top 3 taken to RUG
Enhancement requests taken to respective SIG group
Copied from Louise Frost London Benefits
Realisation Group
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Data Usage in the SHA

• Workforce/Census Data
• FIMS Data (starting spot checks on FIMS
  submissions)
• Workforce Planning/WASP/STING
• Future Commissioning through QD
• Agenda for Change profiling
• Data Warehouse reports

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Issues being highlighted

• Occupational Codes (e.g. S3L, S1L still being
  used)
• Pay Scales (e.g. AK61, NP51, NP46, TW51 - old
  whitely scales)
• Staff Groups (e.g. Registered Nurses under
  Doctors Structure Setups)
• Ethnicity Coding (Numeric code still being used!)

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IC/SHA Assistance

• IC ESR user pre-Census report
• SHA Developing a report on workforce which will
  highlight certain areas
• Monitoring FIMS workforce( ?FTE?)
• SIG/RUG Groups
• Standard Reports (DW vs Disco)

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Self Help

• Work Structures
• Coding (e.g. Occupational Codes)
• Processes/Procedures
• Policies
• Quality Checks
• Ownership

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Corporate Manslaughter

• Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act
  2007 (Royal Assent passed July 2007)
• http//www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/2
  00607/corporate_manslaughter_and_corporate_homicid
  e.htm
• Are your staff trained, competent and safe to
  practice?

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Recent Information requests

• Graduate Recruitment (DoH, FOI)
• Redundancies (DoH, FOI)
• Agency Staff Numbers Expenditure (FOI)

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Way Forward

• ESR is with us to 2014 need to make it work
• Work together to maximise benefits
• Co-operative rather than blame culture
• RUG, SIGs, DWUG

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Personal Thought

• ESR provides a unique opportunity to play on the
  same pitch
• But are we currently playing the same game?