Recruit and Retain International Network Project

Recruitment & Retention Programmes 2024-2025

Recruit and Retain International Network Project

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Project background: What and Why

The National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care (the Centre) for Remote Recruitment and Retention Stakeholder National Engagement Network has been established to ensure that the priorities and work of the Centre are based on excellent ongoing engagement with community, primary care, community service and multi-agency partners.

The stakeholder engagement network hosts monthly live engagement sessions at distance using digital technologies to ensure the stakeholder sessions are as accessible to as many people as possible.

The sessions are designed to both provide information on ongoing Scottish remote and rural, recruitment and retention projects from the Centre, academic partners and partner agencies such as Centre for Workforce Supply (CWS) and to hear from stakeholders from across all remote, rural and island health settings.

The Centre team are also scoping international remote and rural recruitment and retention programmes and networks to bring this information to the Scottish stakeholder group.

The stakeholder network has also been developed to help inform the work of the Scottish Government Workforce team who are responsible for developing the Remote and Rural Recruitment and retention Strategy 2024.

More information on the stakeholder sessions can be found on our Turas Information site https://Scottish Government Remote & Rural Recruitment & Retention Strategy 2024 | Turas | Learn (nhs.scot).

Project description: Who and How

The aim of this work is to promote the recruitment and retention work of the Centre Phase 1, to identify and establish practical collaborations that support remote and rural recruitment and retention in health and care knowledge exchange.

Establishment of models of excellence from Scottish Rural Health System improving service capacity, sustainability and raising profile of Scottish Remote and Rural healthcare systems.

Expected outcome: When and What Difference

This project is in development and will be completed by March 2025.

The outcome of this work will contribute to the overall aim of the Centre in measurably improving the sustainability, capacity, and capability of the remote, rural and island primary care and multi-disciplinary community-based workforce and the vital services they deliver to support people living in remote, rural and island communities across all of Scotland.

Scotland faces significant challenges in recruiting and retaining enough staff with the right skills across remote, rural and island health and care settings. However, this is a long running challenge experienced by many other countries. Work to date shows that we have much to share and gain from regular exchanges of knowledge, tools, evidence, and experience in addressing these issues with international remote and rural healthcare partners.

This sharing at international level often takes place incidentally and the work of the Centre in this project is to identify whether there is need for and capacity to develop a structured international networked approach across key partnerships to ensure sustained and defined exchange.