Staff Wellbeing Award

HSJ Awards 2024 - Staff Wellbeing Award
Staff Wellbeing Award
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Decades of evidence confirm that a workforce that feels valued and has a degree of control over its future is healthier, more engaged, and more productive. High levels of staff engagement directly contribute to improved patient outcomes, making staff wellbeing an essential pillar of NHS effectiveness.

Amid ongoing workforce challenges and evolving policy priorities, NHS organisations must take proactive steps to foster staff engagement, inclusion, and wellbeing. Creating a positive working environment and embedding a culture of openness and support are essential to staff retention and, ultimately, patient care. This award will recognise NHS organisations that have successfully implemented initiatives to improve retention, career development, and positive working environments.

Judges are looking for examples of positive working culture with clear channels of discussion and recourse; an accepting and open environment with consideration to protect characteristics and initiatives driving representation; projects aimed at bringing staff into the decision making process and improving the lives of patients as a result.

Eligibility

This award is open to all public sector NHS organisations which can demonstrate high levels of staff engagement and can demonstrate impact with wellbeing.

Ambition

  • Describe the vision for staff engagement and wellbeing at the organisation
  • How does that vision translate into initiatives aimed at delivering a better working environment for staff?
  • Describe strategies employed to drive better representation, inclusion and participation in decision making.
  • Outline the focus on culture, safety, learning and sharing information.
  • Give examples of initiatives aimed at engaging with staff.

Outcome

  • How has staff engagement and wellbeing improved and has this been in line with the vision?
  • Provide qualitative results in the form of testimonials and improvements in satisfaction.
  • Provide quantitative evidence on improvements in engagement at all levels of the organisation
  • Is there evidence that improved staff engagement has led to improved patient care, improved experience, improved outcomes and/or improved value for money?

Spread

  • Judges are looking for initiatives which have embedded and spread to other departments, settings or organisations. Alternatively, clear evidence the work is potentially replicable and scalable.
  • What efforts are being made to share learning?

Value

  • How has working with staff led to improvements in care?
  • Provide examples where value has been realised as a result of work done with staff.

Involvement

  • How have results been achieved as a result of partnership working with third party bodies?
  • Where relevant provide evidence of patient involvement in the design of the staff engagement initiative.
  • Describe an open culture, in which all staff feel comfortable raising concerns and confident they will receive an effective response.
  • How has the organisation worked with groups representing protected characteristics to achieve more inclusion?

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