Understanding and optimising the flexible health and social care workforce

The UK health and social care sector is navigating complex challenges, with a notable demand for professionals despite a recent decrease in vacancies.

The flexible workforce plays a crucial role in health and social care systems across the UK, offering flexibility to manage demand fluctuations, cover absences, and ensure patient safety.

Giving a voice to temporary workers

In 2020, Acacium Group introduced Viewpoint, an experience management programme designed to gather valuable insights into the motivations and experiences of the flexible workforce within the health and social care system, specifically those employed through Acacium Group’s businesses.

To date, Viewpoint has collected more than 100,000 individual feedback responses from flexible health and social care workers operating in 1,000 sites across the UK.

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‘From insight to impact: Understanding and optimising the flexible health and social care workforce’ captures learnings from over 10,900 health and social care professionals across all staff groups, revealing the challenges and motivations of flexible workers.

These insights can support you in identifying and overcoming barriers to workforce engagement, productivity, and retention, improving the employee experience and delivering better patient care.