Workforce Alliance

What is the Workforce Alliance?

Crown Commercial Service and NHS Procurement in Partnership are working together to deliver health workforce services, under the banner of the Workforce Alliance.

The collaboration is to ensure our customers have easy and quick access to a sustainable workforce and is part of a long-term plan to deliver a whole portfolio of health workforce services.

How does the Workforce Alliance help?

Alongside the commercial agreements that have already been jointly launched, the International Recruitment Framework supports not just the NHS, but the wider public sector. The NHS needs to increase international recruitment to fill existing permanent vacancies for dedicated staff; the framework addresses this and aligns with recommendations set out in the NHS Long Term Plan and the NHS People Plan.

The Flexible Resource Pool - Staff Bank, is another live agreement and provides the ability to build a flexible bank of both clinical and non-clinical temporary staff. This framework is the first of its kind, ensuring pre-employment assurance is undertaken against NHS Employers Check Standards for all workers employed by an outsourced bank.

More recently, the Non-Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff framework agreement was launched. This replaces the previous Non-Medical Non-Clinical framework and provides access to competitive pricing, with the ability to better use fixed term appointments and statement of work.

The Workforce Alliance board said: “We are delighted to be working together in support of our joint ambition for a sustainable NHS workforce model. The collection of expertise, resources and geographical reach across the Alliance brings a willingness to listen and to work in partnership to benefit our customers across the NHS and public sector.”

Case Studies

Click Here to read a recent case study on our international recruitment framework