76: NSW Health Workforce Planning Community – Kathryn Hume, Leigh Elligett

When the pandemic hit, NSW Health needed to prepare for workforce mobilisation of health workers at the frontline of the pandemic.  The workforce planners were able to collaborate across the state to do this quickly and effectively – thanks in part to the community of practice that had been built in the preceding 18 months.  This is the story of why and how that community was created.