
To deliver effective services you need your people to be equipped to both support the challenges being faced today and to be confident in delivering solutions for the future
People solutions
The NHS' greatest strength is of course its people.
The NHS People Plan sets a vision for how people working in the NHS will be supported to deliver care and identifies the actions we will take to help them.
At SCW we have developed our people, workforce and organisational development solutions in line with the People Plan commitments: looking after your people, belonging in the NHS, new ways of working and delivering care, and growing for the future.
We work as a trusted partner at a national level with NHSE, with PCNs and ICSs at a system level, and with individual providers or practices at a neighbourhood level. Working together we provide services, policies and processes that will attract, support, build, develop and retain your team of experts.
Take a closer look below into how our strategic, consulting, and operational expertise can support you in delivering your health and care goals.
The NHS People Plan sets a vision for how people working in the NHS will be supported to deliver care and identifies the actions we will take to help them.
At SCW we have developed our people, workforce and organisational development solutions in line with the People Plan commitments: looking after your people, belonging in the NHS, new ways of working and delivering care, and growing for the future.
We work as a trusted partner at a national level with NHSE, with PCNs and ICSs at a system level, and with individual providers or practices at a neighbourhood level. Working together we provide services, policies and processes that will attract, support, build, develop and retain your team of experts.
Take a closer look below into how our strategic, consulting, and operational expertise can support you in delivering your health and care goals.
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Our people solutions and services

Equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing solutions
Our equality, diversity, inclusion (EDI) and wellbeing team are highly skilled to work with customers to understand the challenges, develop solutions and deliver services to ensure equitable, diverse ...

HR operations
We offer a range of operational Human Resources (HR) services, policies and processes that will attract, support, build, develop and retain your team of experts to deliver across a local, regional or ...

Human Resources
Every organisation’s greatest asset is its people. We recognise that to deliver effective services people need to be equipped to support both the challenges being faced today and to be confident in de...

ICS people solutions
We work alongside organisations to develop an integrated workforce that addresses a range of people-related challenges and delivers new ways of working.
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Organisational development
At SCW we believe that people are central to effective, high-performing, organisations. We work with individuals, teams, and organisations to make sure everyone has the opportunity to thrive and flour...

Workforce
We put people at the centre of our problem-solving approach based on our understanding of your complex workforce challenges. We use data and insight to create and deliver tailored, evidence-based work...
Latest blogposts

Are you embracing gifted people in your organisation?
Did you ever sit in a work meeting with someone whose brain appears to whirl at 100mph, leaping to understandings or creative solutions in an instant, piecing together ideas and concepts out of nowher...

Keeping our fingers on the pulse - the importance of accountability in achieving race equality
Almost three years on from the global reawakening about the prevalence and deadly impact of racial discrimination and bias, we have seen the NHS make strides forward.
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High cost agency spend – the plane crash of workforce management?
Delving into the intricacies of managing your workforce we look at how taking a holistic approach can help to reduce the need for agency support.
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Optimising workforce planning beyond the spreadsheet - how to do it differently

Conceptualising workforce quandaries in a different way
Workforce challenges are a universal problem for most organisations. We aim to take the focus away from roles and move the lens to people and context, thinking about the art of the possible. Tackling ...
Case studies

Optimising the CYP workforce within the South West region
NHS England South West (SW) Children and Young people transformation team commissioned SCW to develo...

Developing senior leaders to navigate through challenging times
In conjunction with our partner Common Purpose, we successfully designed and delivered a Senior Lead...

National and local insights drive innovative primary care workforce planning
SCW was asked to deliver an insight-driven primary care programme to PCNs within the Buckingham, Oxf...

Shaping the future organisational design for NICE
SCW has supported the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to deliver phase 1 of ...

How are Clinical Directors being equipped to lead and develop PCNs?
Clinical directors have a critical role in coordinating the work of a PCN and providing leadership a...

Helping Health Education England to embrace inclusive recruitment
The Health Education England (HEE) Digital Readiness Programme is actively embedding the equality, d...
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