On 28 February 2022, we launched the first of our of ‘Big Conversation’ sessions – a series of discussions around each theme of the NHS People Promise which make up the topics of the Staff Survey. Our aim was to get to the heart of what our staff think would make the biggest difference.
We are now into our third series of 'Big Conversations' and the topics being spotlighted are key areas of focus coming out of the staff survery and listening to our colleagues. We will take the themes and explore them in more detail. These sessions will aim to run quarterly.
Our opening topic of this series was held on Monday 29 January and focused on ‘Wellbeing and Belonging at HHFT' and was hosted by Alex Whitfield, Chief Executive and Tim Powell, Chief People Officer.
A big thank you to the 93 people who came along to the session. We really valued hearing your thoughts and ideas.
If you missed the session and still want to get involved, there are lots of ways you can do so.
Catch up with our ‘Wellbeing and Belonging at HHFT’ recording by clicking here.
Click here to view the slides from this session.
Click here to read the Jamboard feedback from this session.
Once you are caught up, please email here your feedback and experiences surrounding this theme (i.e., what is the one biggest thing that makes a difference to your HHFT worklife?), and any feedback on how we could improve the sessions going forward.
Some of the key themes that you shared at the session included:
1. Break times are a priority
2. There is lots out there but how to we make it easier to access
3. Equity, diversity, and inclusion are a key factor in wellbeing and belonging
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We asked the question about what is the one thing that would make the biggest difference to my life at HHFT and the themes that came out were:
- Access to nutritional food throughout the whole day.
- Supporting flexible working.
- Protected time to access wellbeing support and being introduced to wellbeing resources at induction.
- Intranet to be up to date with contacts and easy to search.
- Ensuring diversity and inclusion is a priority in everything we do.
What asked what is the one thing that has made the biggest to my life at HHFT and the themes that came out were:
- Peer to peer support toolkit.
- Planning of good breaks.
- Managers prioritising 1:1's.
- FTSU service.
We asked who or what needs to happen to enable the changes to happen and the themes that came out of this were:
- Clear communication campaigns that are accessible to all.
- Support for hot food at night.
- More compassion when managing staff through sickness and HR processes.
- Increase senior walk rounds to understand staff experience.
Actions
Good breaks are essential to all of us to ensure we can deliver our best performance when we are at work. There are significant resources available to help us achieve good breaks. Please have a look at the resources available and share them with your team.
Good Breaks - an overview - People Portal (hiowpeople.nhs.uk)
We would love to hear what makes the biggest difference to your team achieving good breaks.
To help make it easier for everyone to find out what is out there. Leadership development are creating a leadership prospectus which has all the leadership and manager training in one place. This is a great starting point when looking at what is available and relevant to your HHFT journey. If you are unsure you can always email leadershipdevelopment@hhft.nhs.uk
A seasonal wellbeing pack is being designed each quarter which pulls together what is available to support your wellbeing under each of the wellbeing star elements. Please take a look and print off relevant pages and display them in your team areas. If you need more information please email staffwellbeing@hhft.nhs.uk
The winter wellbeing pack is available here.
A wellbeing passport is being co-created with colleagues across the organisation to provide something that is useful and meaningful to staff, which can be shared with managers to support reasonable adjustments and making HHFT a great place to work for each individual. If you would like to be involved please contact staffwellbeing@hhft.nhs.uk
There are lots of ways you can get involved in the Big Conversations going forward, please email us at culturechange@hhft.nhs.uk if you would like to take part, we would love to hear from you.
