Key developments for all regions
The following key developments would enable regions to effectively improve the contribution of health care employment to regional development and delivery of the Lisbon Agenda:
- Shift health policy towards prevention of chronic conditions and promoting well being (this should be done by health care policy makers)
- Develop cross-government and cross-ministry commitments to intersectoral planning, funding, workforce development and implementation at regional levels (national governments need to address this)
- Approaches to employment and workforce development within regions should be linked to and support merging best practice care models e.g. enabling integrated care pathways (Health and Finance Ministries at regional and national level)
- Information on and access to diverse employment models should be made available to regional decision-makers with clear evidence about relevant strengths and weaknesses of the different models (Finance Ministries)
- Responsibility for decision making on health care employment should be clearly devolved to regions and appropriate service organisations (National Ministries with responsibility for Regional Development and Finance Ministries)
- Identify incentives to encourage partnership working between cross-sectoral agencies e.g. through the development and use of integrated performance management frameworks and processes (Finance and Health Ministries, regional health systems)
- Enable the better development of integrated information systems to improve intersectoral decision-making about how to supply and improve better managed care pathways (local, - regional and national information experts and agencies).