Health & Social Care Professions Alliance Survey

1.What is your profession?
2.Where do you work?
3.How many WTEs are in your department for each of the following:
4.How many of your staff are part-time? ( number or percentage)
5.How many posts are vacant in the setting you manage?
6.Have maternity/parental/long-term sick leaves been backfilled in the last 6 months?
7.Is there a waiting list for the services you manage?
8.If so, what is the current waiting time for appointments? (approximately)
9.As you know, the HSCPs have been under embargo since last October, meaning that when a staff member moves or leaves, replacement is not generally allowed, with some exceptions. To what extent do you agree with our call on the government and the HSE to lift the recruitment embargo and ensure all available HSE recruitment resources are assigned with immediate effect?
10.To what extent do you agree with the statement, that as a result of the current embargo on recruitment, the HSCP workforce is experiencing unprecedented levels of stress and burnout?