NET2019 - Effective management of placement capacity through partnership working: A city-wide approach

In the UK, there is an identified need to increase the number of student nurses in order to facilitate the development of the future workforce. There is also the need to establish transparency in the availability of placement capacity and the subsequent management of capacity, through partnership working, to support appropriate planning of student numbers and enhance student experience in their practice learning. Working in partnership, four universities in the North West of England and practice placement providers have worked in partnership to develop an initiative to map both the current and future availability of placement capacity.