The NHS England and NHS Improvement retention team has put together the below information to support staff retention of people in either early or late stage career. These links are intended to help support managers in retaining staff. We will continue to add further resources to this page. Flexible working information and guidance: Please find […]

We endeavour to always learn from and share experiences with other colleagues across the NHS, using the regional retention community of practices. Please, do contact your regional retention manager to be part of the community of practice in your region. East of England: Helen Jones – helen.jones114@nhs.net London: Charlene Pressley – charlene.pressley@nhs.net Midlands: Carol Yassein […]

The National GP Retention Scheme is a package of financial and educational support to help doctors, who might otherwise leave the profession, remain in clinical general practice. The scheme is aimed at doctors who are seriously considering leaving or have left general practice due to personal reasons (caring responsibilities or personal illness), approaching retirement or […]

Effective processes are needed to rapidly induct HCSWs into an organisation and equip them with the knowledge, skills and confidence to provide high-quality care quickly. An enhanced onboarding process may be useful to consider. It is also essential that your recruitment strategy and your onboarding, education and training processes include and communicate ways to retain […]

NHS Improvement’s Director of Nursing shares his thoughts on best practice for staff experience and retention ahead of a session at the 2018 CNO Summit he is co-leading with Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation: The global demand for the skills and expertise of nurses is growing. It has been recognised by the […]

A good induction process can be key to ensuring healthcare support workers (HCSWs) feel welcomed into an organisation and supported in their role, especially HCSWs that are younger or are new to care. This is critical to retention, mitigating early attrition and to empowering staff to deliver high-quality care. A good induction should provide HCSWs […]

This guidance sets out the criteria for doctors who wish to join the GP Retention Scheme.

Its intended audience includes:

• Doctors who are considering applying to join the scheme.
• Doctors who are currently designated “retained doctors”.
• Deans of Postgraduate GP Education/Heads of Primary and Community Care Education and their teams.
• GP practices employing or considering employing a retained GP under this scheme.
• NHS England local teams and ICBs with delegated co-commissioning responsibility.

Letter from Professor Sir Stephen Powis, Navina Evans and Dame Ruth May inviting expressions of interest for a second cohort of the People Promise retention exemplar programme.

Pastoral support for healthcare support workers (HCSWs) should be holistic and focus on wellbeing needs, as well as training and development needs. Recognising the challenges of the role and providing training and support to mitigate the impact of these challenges are vital to retention, particularly for younger HCSWs and those new to healthcare in their first […]

This tool enables organisations to undertake a self- assessment against the seven elements of the NHS people promise plus key elements that support staff to deliver high quality care, enhancing job satisfaction and supporting the retention of nurses and midwives. Organisations are encouraged to use the information gathered in the dashboard to develop and implement their local evidence-based retention improvement plans.

A toolkit is available to support line managers and employers and includes a template retention improvement plan.

If you have any questions about the tool, please email england.lookingafterourpeople@nhs.net