Across the NHS, 95% has become the new target for job planning compliance. It’s an important milestone when it’s hit, but it shouldn’t be the destination.

Because compliance alone doesn’t tell you whether your job plans are accurate, complete, or useful. 95% of poor-quality data isn’t much better than 20%.

95% can often hides significant gaps, outdated plans, and unseen capacity issues, even 100% compliance only becomes meaningful when every job plan is the result of genuine engagement, clear training, and consistent standards.

When that happens, clarity replaces assumption and action replaces guesswork. Job planning becomes a tool for informed workforce decisions, not just an arbitrary target to hit.

If your Trust is aiming for real, sustainable improvement, the job planning process must deliver more than just compliance. It must deliver confidence.