STRATEGIC PLANNING ON HUMAN
RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
IN TURKEY (2008-2023)
Elif İŞLEK
Nurse,Health Management MSc.
School of Public Health
Turkish Ministry of Health
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Determination of HRH needs of Turkey for the
next 15 years
Forecasting of health professional and new
health jobs according to health care demands
tendency and demographical changes and
planning of their distribution
Planning of scaling up HRH production
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HRH-situational analysis (Harvard Assessment
Tool)
HRH-policy development workshop
TIH-HRH Unit “task force” identified and work
plan prepared
WHO-simulation models translated into
Turkish and task force trained on how to use it
Required HR data collected and collated
according to model format
Policy group and
Technical Working Group identified.
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•Dominant morbidity and mortality patterns
•Relative emphasis given to public sector vs. private sector
•Growth rate in public health expenditure
•Growth rate in private health expenditure
•Relative emphasis given to personnel vs. non-personnel expenditure
•Relative emphasis given to preventive vs. curative care
•Relative emphasis given to primary care vs. higher-level care
•Relative emphasis given to urban population vs. rural population
•Relative emphasis given to high, medium and support level personnel
•Other assumptions that will affect this scenario
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CONTENT OF THE HRH STRATEGIC PLAN DOCUMENT
I.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
II.
INTRODUCTION
A. The Purpose of Human Resource Planning
B. The Role of a Strategic Plan
C. Purpose of This Plan
D. For Whom the Plan is Intended
E. The Essential Elements of the Plan Contained in this Document
III.
CURRENT POPULATION AND HEALTH SERVICES
A. Population
B. Profile of the Health Service and Its Facilities
C. Distribution of Staff by Type of Staff
D. Staff in Training
E. Organisation and Management of Human Resources
IV.
HUMAN RESOURCE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES
A. Problems and Issues Perceived to Exist Now
B. Problems and Issues That May Occur Over the
Next Sixteen Years
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V.
OBJECTIVES OVER THE PLAN PERIOD
A. Planning Assumptions
B. Changing the Provision of Services
C. Proposed Staffing Establishments for Public Sector
Health Service Institutions
D. Total Staff Expansion
E. Number of New Staff to Be Recruited
F. Training Needs
G. Management of the Workforce
VI.
POLICY PROPOSALS
A. Desirable Changes In Human Resource Activity
B. The Strategic Human Resource Development Issue
C. Implications of the proposed workforce development
for new HR policy
Organisational Roles
Staffing of Facilities
Training and Recruitment
Employment and Deployment
Public/Private Sector Work
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CONTENT OF THE HRH STRATEGIC PLAN DOCUMENT
VII.
STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
A. Actions and Activities That Will Be Required
VIII.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
A. Protocols for Implementation Achievements
B. Specification of Important Progress Events
C. Process for Annual Evaluation and Re-planning of Activities
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