7 Indicator of Relative Need (IoRN) tool Indicator of Relative Need (IoRN) tool NHS 6 Step Model NHS 6 Step Model 8 Local authority tool / guidance Local authority tool / guidance 9 10 own tool / guidance own tool / guidance Organisation’s Organisation’s Other Other 11 Write in Write in ASK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PLANNING TOOL USED: Q13c On a scale of 1 to 10 (where 1 is not at all useful and 10 is invaluable), please could you rate the value to your organisation of…. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Don’t Not at Invaluable know all useful Q13d Please use the following box to provide any comments you may have on strengths and weaknesses of….. Q14 Do you have any plans to change the way in which workforce planning is carried out within your organisations? Yes 1 Write in No 2 3 know Don’t Q15 Which of the following actions have you taken with regards workforce planning? Changed recruitment methods 1 Undertaken workforce skills development planning 2 3 Identified skills training needs Developed recruitment strategies 4 Developed retention strategies 5 6 Undertaken short-term (1-2 years) workforce planning 7 Undertaken medium-term (3-4 years) workforce planning Undertaken long-term (5+ years) workforce planning 8 9 Succession planning 10 Profiled the workforce (eg who might retire in the next few years) Other (Write in) 11 Q16 What are the main barriers to using a workforce planning tool? 1 Awareness / availability of an appropriate tool 2 Need for training on workforce planning Availability of data 3 Uncertainty (unknown funding / service needs etc) 4 5 Time to dedicate to this Other (Write in) 6 Q17 How likely would you be to use a nationally available workforce planning tool / suite of tools? Very likely 1 2 Quite likely Not very likely 3
7 Indicator of Relative Need (IoRN) tool Indicator of Relative Need (IoRN) tool 8 NHS 6 Step Model NHS 6 Step Model 9 Local authority tool / guidance Local authority tool / guidance 10 Organisation’s own tool / guidance Organisation’s own tool / guidance 11 Other Write in Other Write in ASK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PLANNING TOOL USED: Q13c On a scale of 1 to 10 (where 1 is not at all useful and 10 is invaluable), please could you rate the value to your organisation of…. 1 Not at all useful 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Invaluable Don’t know Q13d Please use the following box to provide any comments you may have on strengths and weaknesses of….. Q14 Do you have any plans to change the way in which workforce planning is carried out within your organisations? 1 Yes Write in 2 No 3 Don’t know Q15 Which of the following actions have you taken with regards workforce planning? 1 Changed recruitment methods 2 Undertaken workforce skills development planning 3 Identified skills training needs 4 Developed recruitment strategies 5 Developed retention strategies 6 Undertaken short-term (1-2 years) workforce planning 7 Undertaken medium-term (3-4 years) workforce planning 8 Undertaken long-term (5+ years) workforce planning 9 Succession planning 10 Profiled the workforce (eg who might retire in the next few years) 11 Other (Write in) Q16 What are the main barriers to using a workforce planning tool? 1 Awareness / availability of an appropriate tool 2 Need for training on workforce planning 3 Availability of data 4 Uncertainty (unknown funding / service needs etc) 5 Time to dedicate to this 6 Other (Write in) Q17 How likely would you be to use a nationally available workforce planning tool / suite of tools? 1 Very likely 2 Quite likely 3 Not very likely