Global Engagement works with health partnerships to establish workforce and educational translation on a global scale to support the National Health Service (NHS). There is growing evidence on how international experiences (through volunteering, exchanges and placements) benefit the NHS through an innovative workforce that develops international best practice and promotes lifelong learning. Most of this evidence has been captured though surveys to returned international volunteers. However, there is limited evidence about how to quantify the value that returned international healthcare volunteers bring back to their country of residence. This paper identifies the various benefits to the NHS from returned international healthcare volunteers. The outcomes from returned international volunteers, which have been identified as relevant form a NHS perspective, are linked to three key areas in a multisector analytical framework used by the World Bank to evaluate labour market programmes: (1) Investment climate and Infrastructure, (2) Labor market regulations and institutions, and (3) Education and skills development. The monetary value of these outcomes is quantified through productivity indices which capture the economic value that the achievement of these outcomes have on the quality of the NHS labor force. This model is applied to a dataset of international volunteers provided by the Global Engagement health partnerships. The results suggest that international volunteering generates average productivity gains of up to 37% for doctors and up to 62% for nurses. Average productivity gains estimated from health partnerships data vary depending on duration of volunteering periods and occupational category mix. Our analysis offers a value for money rationale for international volunteering programmes purely from a domestic and NHS perspective. The valuation method considers only one of the aims of international volunteering programmes: the development of the existing and future NHS workforce. Broader benefits for health system strengthening at a global level are acknowledged but not accounted for. Overall, we conclude that if the acquisition of volunteering outcomes is realised, the NHS can accrue a productivity increase of between 24 and 41% per volunteer, with a value ranging from £13,215 to £25,934 per volunteer.

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国际志愿者经验对NHS的价值

全球参与与卫生合作伙伴合作，在全球范围内建立劳动力和教育翻译，以支持国家卫生服务（NHS）。越来越多的证据表明，国际经验（通过志愿服务，交流和安置）如何通过开发国际最佳实践并促进终身学习的创新型员工队伍使NHS受益。这些证据大部分是通过对返回的国际志愿者进行的调查而获得的。但是，关于如何量化返回的国际医疗保健志愿者带回其居住国的价值的证据有限。本文确定了返回的国际医疗保健志愿者为NHS带来的各种好处。返回的国际志愿者的成果，与NHS观点相关的已被确定为与世界银行用于评估劳动力市场计划的多部门分析框架中的三个关键领域相关的领域：（1）投资环境和基础设施；（2）劳动力市场法规和制度； （3）教育和技能发展。这些成果的货币价值通过生产率指数来量化，这些生产率指数反映了这些成果的实现对NHS劳动力素质的经济价值。该模型适用于由全球参与健康合作组织提供的国际志愿者的数据集。结果表明，国际志愿服务使医生的平均生产率提高了37％，而护士的平均生产率提高了62％。根据卫生合作伙伴关系数据估算的平均生产率提高取决于志愿服务期和职业类别组合的持续时间。我们的分析纯粹从国内和NHS的角度为国际志愿服务计划提供了物有所值的理由。评估方法仅考虑国际志愿服务计划的目标之一：现有和未来NHS劳动力的发展。人们承认但没有考虑到在全球范围内加强卫生系统的广泛利益。总体而言，我们得出的结论是，如果实现了志愿服务成果的获取，则NHS可以使每位志愿者的生产率提高24％至41％，每位志愿者的价值在13,215英镑至25,934英镑之间。我们的分析纯粹从国内和NHS的角度为国际志愿服务计划提供了物有所值的理由。评估方法仅考虑国际志愿服务计划的目标之一：现有和未来NHS劳动力的发展。在全球范围内加强卫生系统的广泛利益是公认的，但并未得到考虑。总体而言，我们得出的结论是，如果实现了志愿服务成果的获取，则NHS可以使每位志愿者的生产率提高24％至41％，每位志愿者的价值在13,215英镑至25,934英镑之间。我们的分析纯粹从国内和NHS的角度为国际志愿服务计划提供了物有所值的理由。评估方法仅考虑国际志愿服务计划的目标之一：现有和未来NHS劳动力的发展。在全球范围内加强卫生系统的广泛利益是公认的，但并未得到考虑。总体而言，我们得出的结论是，如果实现了志愿服务成果的获取，则NHS可以使每位志愿者的生产率提高24％至41％，每位志愿者的价值在13,215英镑至25,934英镑之间。现有和未来NHS员工的发展。在全球范围内加强卫生系统的广泛利益是公认的，但并未得到考虑。总体而言，我们得出的结论是，如果实现了志愿服务成果的获取，则NHS可以使每位志愿者的生产率提高24％至41％，每位志愿者的价值在13,215英镑至25,934英镑之间。现有和未来NHS员工的发展。在全球范围内加强卫生系统的广泛利益是公认的，但并未得到考虑。总体而言，我们得出的结论是，如果实现了志愿服务成果的获取，则NHS可以使每位志愿者的生产率提高24％至41％，每位志愿者的价值在13,215英镑至25,934英镑之间。