NHS Staff Standards set national minimum employment requirements - The Academy For Healthcare Science
The NHS staff standards set national minimum employment requirements to improve staff experience, outlining employer actions and what staff can expect. The standards have been developed by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)…
TheNHSstaff standards set national minimum employment requirements to improve staff experience, outlining employer actions and what staff can expect. The standards have been developed by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) andNHSEngland, working closely with employers and trade unions through the Social Partnership Forum, and are intended to be implemented locally through partnership working. DetailsThe10 Year Health Plancommitted to developing a new set of staff standards which will outline minimum standards for employment across a range of areas, aimed at improving staff experience. The standards set out the actions employers must take to deliver them and what staff can expect at work as a result. The documents published bring together:an overview explaining why the staff standards have been introduced, how they will be used and what each standard means in practicethe full staff standards, setting out the detailed requirements for employersThe staff standards focus on key areas that staff have told us matter most, including:line managementhealth and wellbeingviolence prevention and reductionsexual safetytackling racismflexible workingThe standards have been developed by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) andNHSEngland, working closely with employers and trade unions through the Social Partnership Forum, and are intended to be implemented locally through partnership working. The standards are forNHSstaff, employers and leaders, and should be used alongside existing workforce policies and initiatives to support implementation. The standards will apply to secondary care, which includes acute, mental health, ambulance services and community healthcare. Source:NHSstaff standards – GOV. UKADDRESSAHCS6 The Terrace, Rugby Road,Lutterworth,LeicestershireLE17 4BW© Registered office: Academy for Healthcare Science, 6 The Terrace, Rugby Road, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 4BW