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Workforce planning in pathology toolkit

Through the Chief Scientific Officer's Office, the Department of Health has commissioned a free tool to support workforce planning in pathology.

Its main aim is to log what the scientific workforce currently does in individual pathology services, and to help managers to model changes to its profile when

• demand for tests varies
• work is redesigned, or the competence required to do it is reassessed
• improvements in productivity are achieved.
  

• Download guide for pathology managers (PDF, 664K)
• Download guidance for department managers (PDF, 511K)
• Download How to use the model (PDF, 1252K)
• Download main model spreadsheet (XLS, 2927K)
• Download task entry spreadsheet (XLS, 365K)