Overview | Evidence Gathering | Stakeholder events | Dr Steve Boorman | Governance
Evidence gathering
The first phase of evidence gathering for the Review has been very successful. In addition to desk-based research of existing data, the Review received over 200 responses to a Call for Evidence which ran from April 21 to June 30, and over 11,000 responses to an online staff survey of health and well-being which ran from April 27 to June 5.
Many individual staff have taken the time to supply us with vital feedback on the things that impact your working life, your health and sense of well-being via the online survey. Thanks to all of you who made your voices heard. The views you’ve submitted will be extremely valuable in building a comprehensive picture of the health and well-being of the NHS workforce.
Equally, we have enjoyed a great response from all parts of the NHS and beyond to the Call for Evidence. We have received relevant information and intelligence on health and well-being provision within the NHS workforce, as well as evidence on which, policies, approaches, and practices have been effective so far, and which have failed and why.
The findings from this work will sit alongside all relevant and pre-existing evidence collected by the Review Team, and will be critical in ensuring the strength of our final recommendations to the Department of Health.
For reference, the original Call for Evidence questions are listed below:
1. Do you think any workplace health and well-being practices – whether driven by occupational health, management or HR – make a positive difference to staff? If so, do you have any evidence to support this?
2. Do you have any examples of current or past health and well-being practices that have not been successful? What impeded their success?
3. Do you have any statistical data or information which relates to staff health and well-being in the NHS that you could submit?
4. Do you think that there are inconsistencies in the way that staff health and well-being is supported across the NHS? If so, do these inconsistencies lead to inequalities in the ability of staff groups to access health and well-being support and services, and are there varying outcomes as a result?
5. What should be done to improve staff health and well-being across the NHS in the short term? What should be done to improve staff health and well-being across the NHS in the long term?
6. In your opinion, what do people think about occupational health services in the NHS? What could be done to make these services more effective?
7. What should ‘success’ for NHS staff health and well-being look like? How should it be measured?
8. How can managers and leaders across the NHS be encouraged to take action to ensure that sustainable improvements are made to staff health and well-being in their organisation?
