Workforce Performance Report March 2016 Workforce Executive Lead

Workforce Performance Report (March 2016) Workforce (Executive Lead – Mike Mc. Enaney) Workforce Performance Report March 2016 Mike Mc. Enaney Director of Finance

Workforce Performance Report (March 2016) Workforce (Executive Lead – Mike Mc. Enaney) Bank & Agency Spend Target: 5. 00% This Month: 7. 10% Last Month: 7. 41% Last Year: 5. 99% Bank & Agency spend has decreased in February to fall from a peak of 7. 41% in January to 7. 10%. Reductions in Agency spend were most noticeable in Oxon Assessment Teams, Informatics and MSK Physiotherapy. The introduction of the Agency Framework would seem to be having the desired effect of reducing spend from the peak of 7. 63% in September 2015.

Workforce Performance Report (March 2016) Workforce (Executive Lead – Mike Mc. Enaney) Vacancy Target: 9. 00% This Month: 10. 08% Last Month: 9. 60% Last Year: 5. 08% The Vacancy rate increased slightly to 10. 08% in February but the rate has remained steady over the past three months at about 10%. Whilst Adult and Older Directorates saw an increase in the vacancy rate this was offset by a decline in Corporate and Children & Young Peoples. Resourcing continue to work closely with managers in attempting to fill posts particularly in difficult to fill units such as Inpatient.

Workforce Performance Report (March 2016) Workforce (Executive Lead – Mike Mc. Enaney) Sickness Target: 3. 50% This Month: 4. 29% Last Month: 4. 21% Last Year: 4. 36% Sickness has increased slightly to 4. 29% in February compared to 4. 21% in January. The increase in sickness since October is driven by the winter surge of short-term cold and flu absence. ‘Anxiety and Stress’ has shown a consistent decline and would appear to result from HR activity on long-term sickness cases through the Capability – Health casework process, most notably in the Older Peoples Directorate.

Workforce Performance Report (March 2016) Workforce (Executive Lead – Mike Mc. Enaney) Turnover Target: 12. 00% This Month: 14. 12% Last Month: 14. 20% Last Year: 12. 95% The Turnover rate has decreased over the last two months to stand at 14. 12%. Children & Young People and Corporate have seen a reduction in turnover whilst Older and Adult directorates have seen an increase. Individual directorates are establishing workforce work stream to take forward initiatives to improve recruitment and retention whilst Resourcing are organizing open days in January to attract qualified staff.