The Health and Care Workforce Planning Podcast, from the AHCWP
The Health and Care Workforce Planning Podcast, from the AHCWP
Podcast Description
If you are a Workforce Planner in Health and Care our podcast is for you.
The Association of Health and Care Workforce Planning (AHCWP) talks to experts and practictioners who share the challenges they have experienced in workforce planning with real life examples, tips and solutions.
You can join the AHCWP for free and find guides and resources:
www.ahcwp.com
The Bumper Book of Health and Care Workforce Planning is available here:
https://amzn.eu/d/h7kVo3j
The host is Joanne Smith from the AHCWP.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-smith-consultant/
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on various aspects of workforce planning, touching on themes such as innovative workforce models, workforce transformation in challenging times, and understanding the current state of the workforce. Episodes often include real-life examples, such as workforce planning strategies shared by guests like Colin Lewry who discuses the development of the WRaPT tool, and Anna Morgan MBE and Sudeep Dhillon exploring finance constraints and demographic changes in workforce planning.
If you are a Workforce Planner in Health and Care our podcast is for you.
The Association of Health and Care Workforce Planning (AHCWP) talks to experts and practitioners who share the challenges they have experienced in workforce planning with real life examples, tips and solutions.
You can join the AHCWP for free and find guides and resources:
www.ahcwp.com
The Bumper Book of Health and Care Workforce Planning is available here:
https://amzn.eu/d/h7kVo3j
The host is Joanne Smith from the AHCWP.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-smith-consultant/
In this episode we are talking about the volunteer workforcewith Maeve Hully, Director of Volunteering at Helpforce, and Julia Clarke, Director of Public Participation at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust(SaTH).
Helpforce recently won “Staffing Solution of the Year” 2026 in the HSJ Partnership Awardsfor their work with more than 60 NHS trusts, including SaTH.
We discussed volunteer roles and how they complement andwork alongside the NHS workforce. We also explored Helpforce’s innovative Volunteerto Career programme, which you can read about here: Helpforce| Building your workforce
Helpforce is the only independent UK charity focused onestablishing high‑impact volunteering services across the health system.
Its team:
Founded in 2017, it works with NHS trusts, localauthorities, hospices and voluntary sector partners, directly andindirectly supporting hundreds of thousands of people.
SaTH’s volunteer website is Volunteering –SaTH and you can read about some oftheir success stories below, including some of those Julia discusses.
Volunteerdrivers go the extra miles to bring comfort and care beyond hospital walls –SaTH
Hospitalseeks volunteer buggy drivers to support patients and visitors – SaTH
Athousand hours and counting – dedicated volunteers hit major milestone – SaTH
Shrewsburymum trains as midwife thanks to volunteer scheme – BBC News
You can also follow Helpforce on their social media sites – LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and BlueSky – andsign-up to the charity’s monthlynewsletter.
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