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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

Retention hub: looking after our people Our NHS is made up of more than 1.3 million people who care for the people of this country with skill, compassion and dedication. We must make the NHS an employer of excellence – valuing, supporting, developing and investing in our colleagues. Retaining and supporting our people is a […]

The Programme and resources Home Retention hub: looking after our people The Programme and resources As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan and We are the NHS: People Plan for 2020/21, the NHS must lead the way in valuing, caring for, listening to, educating and rewarding our people. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is the […]

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.