Effectiveness of implementing manpower framework for manpower management in the Office of the Permanent Secretary for Public Health, 2017 – 2021

Abstract

This is the descriptive, both quantitative and qualitative, study aims to comparing number of job occupied in manpower framework of the provincial sector of the office of the permanent secretary of public health during b.e. 2560-2564 and to study the effectiveness of the management of manpower framework of the permanent Secretary of public health during b.e. 2560-2564 The study use tertiary data from HROPS database comprising 25 professional job line in the permanent Secretary of public health and interview data derived from interviewing 15 executive and officer representative of health regions (framework user) ,Human Resources management division (audit and regulatory unit)

            Our study found that  1) At the end of b.e. 2564 manpower framework , there was 5.80% increments of public health officers (25 job line) of which health region no.6 had the maximum increment (9.69%) and Cholburee province,assigned to health region no.6,had the highest officer increment(14.98%). For the service unit level ,f3 level community hospital had the highest officer increment(16.37%)  2) Most important factors determining the success of implementing manpower framework are (1) The executives of health regions (ministry inspector , public health supervisor,etc) (2) Officers and coordinators in various levels (service unit,provincial ,health regions) (3 ) Human Resource Office of the Permanent Secretary System : HROPS

            Key recommendations from this study are to maintain health manpower framework in the future to ensure equitable distribution. However future health manpower framework should be flexible and adjustable according to dynamic of workflow and population health need.