The Social Partnership Forum (SPF) is supporting the NHS to deliver workforce priorities.

Creating a culture of civility, compassion & respect - tackling negative behaviour, bullying & harassment. The SPF encourages NHS employers to work in partnership with their trade union representatives, to build positive workplace cultures.

 

Health and Wellbeing. To deliver high quality patient care, the NHS needs staff that are healthy, well and at work. Looking after the health and wellbeing of staff directly contributes to the delivery of quality patient care

 

Violence Reduction Sub-Group The Creating a Culture of Safety subgroup was set up in 2019 to take forward actions in partnership to support NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) in the development of the NHS violence reduction strategy.

 

Raising Concerns (whistleblowing). Find out about ways in which staff can be encouraged and supported to raise concerns and how this information can be used to improve services and patient care.

 

Supporting system change. The SPF is supporting effective partnership working in system transformation.

 

 

The SPF Staff Transfer Guide is an online resource designed to support staff who are facing transfer to providers of NHS funded services in England.

 

 

NHS Staff Survey is the single biggest staff engagement event for the NHS. It demonstrates an ongoing commitment to the importance of listening and acting on the views of staff.

 

 

NHS Constitution. The SPF remains committed to the aims set out in the NHS Constitution to improve patient care through positive staff engagement.

 

  

Flu Fighter campaign. The SPF encourages a partnership approach to increase the uptake of the flu vaccination among the front line NHS staff.

 

 

Learning for Life. Access useful resources from the Learning for Life campaign, which aimed to increase workplace learning.

 

 

Mid Staffs Inquiry - SPF response. The SPF responded to the findings and recommendations of the Francis Report- identifying six key messages.