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Table 12 ICS Immediate and Medium to Long Term Response and Planning

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: A thematic analysis of system wide learning from first wave Covid-19 in the East of England

Immediate Response

Medium to Long Term

Flexible approaches to working

   • Empowering teams to lead & innovate

   • Redeployment of staff

   • Balancing home & family life

Use of IT and digital solutions

   • MS Teams, Zoom

   • Education & training

   • Home working

   • Virtual consultations & patient engagement

   • Upskilling staff

Health and wellbeing of our people

   • Networks – Health and Wellbeing, Quality Diversity and Inclusion – strategies for change

   • Physical, mental, social/family, financial wellbeing

   • Shared resources for all – local & national

   • MH hub, enhanced occ health, trauma- based coaching, bitesize WebEx

   • Enhanced support for learners

Enhanced and streamlined recruitment

   • System wide Health and Social Care Workforce recruitment 200 people

   • Reservists 45 and counting

   • Collaborative working with Local Resilience Forums for staff wellbeing

• Embedding workforce development plans into People Plan and key strategic priorities of the People Board which provides strategic governance and oversight of impact.

• Continue to listen and learn from staff through continued evaluation of the We Care Together Campaign.

• Continue to work with research partners to identify strategic priorities for evaluation of front-line staff experiences.

• Embed digital innovation into service delivery plans to free up staff and streamline services to provide effective, safe and person centered care in range of contexts.