eCollection

Delivering health and care services for patients is only possible with a high-quality workforce, with the right education, training, experience, and behaviours.

The Long-Term Plan describes how NHS organisations and services should be integrated around patients and communities to meet their needs and expectations over the next decade. The NHS People Plan outlines how NHS staff will be supported to deliver the Long-Term Plan.

This essential long-term investment in education must be maintained whatever the short-term pressures. This ensures NHS staff will be available long into the future.

To support the long-term workforce planning process, ‘eCollection’ a data collection platform has been developed, supporting a suite of data collection tools.

The benefits of eCollection include:

• Easy access for users with the tools available through the online portal
• A clear data collection approach with user requirements at the centre
• All participating organisations can view the data once submitted and those with access to the tools are able to view these submissions within the live environment
• User guides have been developed for each tool and there is support for ‘system users’
• Each tool follows a similar format to maximise simplicity for providers and recipients of the data to move between the tools, and understand the operating system
• Tools include some simple validation checks online reducing errors and maximising data quality
• All data is submitted and stored securely in line with GDPR
• Intelligent access: those with required login for each tool can access the data submitted at the level they require
• Technical support is provided.
• Pre-registration Education Capacity
• Healthcare Science