Health Workforce Planning

Running head: Health Work force Planning
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HEALTH WORK FORCE PLANNING

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TABLE OF CONTENTS-
CONTENTS PAGE NUMBER
1. Executive summary 3
2. Introduction of Health workforce
plan
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3. Environmental scan 6
4. Critical issues to be addressed in the
workforce plan
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5. 10 recommendations developed in
WHO 2016 report working for health
and growth
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6. Strategies to implement in the health
workforce plan according to the
recommendations
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7. Health workforce statistics of India 11
8. Conclusion 13
9. References 14

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Health systems and outcomes in India lagged behind in quality healthcare when compared to
the other nations . Mixed progress was made in the last decade and the situation is further
complicated by the in equality in India’s health workforce .There is a need to reform and
certain recommendations are introduced which should be implemented by developing robust
strategies urgently. The government needs to spend more on the proper infrastructure in to fill
the gaps between infrastructure and quality healthcare. Utilization of workforce and its
scarcity in different sectors of the country needs to be assessed and appropriate amendments
to be made soon .
The private sector and the government should collaborate in such a manner so that the quality
in the health care should gain momentum in the country. At the same time variations in
epidemiology and demographics will be beneficial for the private sector as it will be able to
gain more oppurtunities. The national density of doctors was 79.7 per lakh population, of
nurses and midwives 61.3 per lakh, and of dentists just 2.4 per lakh. Only 38.0% health
workers are female . Male to female ratio in case of doctors case of doctors is 5.1, and 0.2 in
case of nurses and midwives. These census data provide in depth and comprehensive picture
of health workers in each district including both rural and urban parts of the country .
Detailed data sources related to the health care personnel those who are employed in the
public sector are incomplete because of noncoverage of certain areas of health care as they do
not reflect retirement, death or migration in the professions covered.
Through National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), India has recruited additional 160 000
health workforce including doctors, nurses and midwives and around 900 000 community
health workers called Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) to facilitate and mobilize
the interface between the communities and healthcare system. Currently, India produces
51800 doctors and 24000 specialists annually from 387 medical colleges in the country and it
has a potential of producing 279 000 nurses and midwives annually from 7401 institutions.

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INTRODUCTION OF HEALTH WORK FORCE PLAN-
The Strategic Workforce Planning Tool defines workforce planning as long-term strategic ,
oriented planning which is integrated with the organisation’s process and basically foccusses
on the size and the workforce quality. It mainly involves health workers by planning , trainig
and education and finally recruitment. Health workforce is the referred to group of all
individuals available with the healthcare systems who all are involved in its smooth
functioning like physicians , nurses, midwives and other community health workers (WHO
Health Statistics Report,2015) which includes individuals from both private and public
sectors and different sectors like preventive care, non-personal public health interventions,
disease prevention, management , health protection and promotion services and research.
Human resources actually which are engaged in the health system are known as the health
system workforce .
HEALTH WORKFORCE PLAN FOR INDIA
 Rationale for selecting the country-
1. Living conditions and working environment is poor.
2. Workload of healthcare is high.
3. Country faces an acute shortage of trained health workforce
Health manpower means trained individuals who are involved in promoting health, to
prevent and cure disease or rehabilitation processes. . Estimates of the health workers differ
from one place to another . Data is to be furnished with the help of different methods like
labour and employment surveys, routine collection of data, and determination of population