title: Workload and workforce planning: tools, education and training.
abstract: The Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning programme for Scotland, the origins of which were described in last month's Nursing Management, does not solve all the problems faced by workforce planners. However, it can provide evidence that informs decisions, workload and workforce changes and a suite of tools has been developed, evaluated and introduced to help healthcare staff gather this evidence. In this article, these tools, and the education and training initiatives that help staff use them, are described.
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: Mairi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kellagher
authors.forename: Jacqui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002017:Budgets; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011361:Professional Competence; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012606:Scotland; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*