Request
1)
a) Does your trust have a named board member responsible
for ensuring the KSF is applied effectively?
b) If your answer is no, why
has this action not been taken?
2) Does your trust produce
regular board level reports on the KSF about the extent to which it
is being used?
3) What percentage of your
staff on Agenda for Change pay scales have a KSF post
outline?
4) What percentage of your
staff on Agenda for Change pay scales have received a KSF
development review over the last 12 months?
5) What percentage of
your staff on Agenda for Change pay scales have received a KSF
personal development plan over the last 12 months?
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Our Response
I refer to your
email requesting information in respect of use of the Knowledge and
Skills Framework (KSF) training and development scheme.
I can confirm in
accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 that
we do hold the information that you have requested. I will
address each of your questions in turn:-
1a)
Does your trust have a named board member responsible
for
ensuring the KSF is applied effectively?
NHS East Midlands is not a trust. We are a Strategic Health
Authority.
Janet Monkman (Director of
Workforce and Human Resources) is the board
member responsible for ensuring
that KSF is applied effectively.
b)
If your answer is no, why has this action not been
taken?
N/A – see answer above.
2)
Does your trust produce regular board level reports on the
KSF
about the extent to which it is being used?
NHS East Midlands regularly reports appraisal completion as part of
the
internal Human Resources Report
to its Board.
3) What
percentage of your staff on Agenda for Change pay
scales
have a KSF post outline?
95.1%
4)
What percentage of your staff on Agenda for Change pay
scales
have received a KSF development review over the last
12
months?
98% of staff have received appraisals over
the last 12 months and of that
that percentage, 73.1% have
received a KSF development review.
5)
What percentage of your staff on Agenda for Change pay
scales
have received a KSF personal development plan over
the
last
12 months?
82.8%
Understanding the
KSF is crucial to all staff in the NHS and NHS East Midlands has
put together a comprehensive programme of training events to enable
its staff to get to grips with this tool.
Please note that
the above figures have been worked out on a baseline of some 308
members of staff. The figures do not include NHS East
Midlands staff currently seconded out of the organisation or on
long-term leave, or those who are on training scheme placements in
other trusts.
For dates, we
have taken the twelve months to be from 1st July 2008 to 30th June
2009.
I do hope that
this information is of use to you. However, please note that
if you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have dealt with
your request you can complain in writing to:-
Mr Kevin
Orford
Deputy Chief
Executive and Director of Finance
NHS East
Midlands
Octavia
House
Interchange
Business Park
Bostock's
Lane
Sandiacre
Nottingham
NG10
5QG
If at the
conclusion of any review you remain dissatisfied you may complain
to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted
at:-
The Office of the
Information Commissioner
Wycliffe
House
Water
Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9
5AF
