(i) The parties agree that workforce planning is central to the efficient, effective and productive functioning of the health system. The parties have a mutual interest in establishing and maintaining fully staffed services.
(ii) Workforce planning plays a central role in identifying, monitoring and managing risk, including by tracking variations in workforce composition, patient demand, and employee wellbeing. Workforce planning considers organisational demands, service pressures and service sizing. Both parties acknowledge that medical workforce planning sits in the wider context of health workforce planning.
(iii) District, Regional and National Health NZ/ASMS forums will be established for the purpose of monitoring workforce changes, recruitment processes and the outcomes of service sizing. Both parties will provide relevant information needed to carry out this work, including up-to-date recruitment and workforce data.
(iv) The workforce planning groups may consider solutions where vulnerable services are brought to their attention.
(v) These processes do not derogate from the parties’ obligations and rights under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 or the parties’ obligations under cluses 41.1 and 41.2.