NHSE London Staff Experience and Engagement Team Weekly Round Up

This is the Staff Experience and Engagement Team Roundup which gathers information into one weekly communication for Health and Wellbeing leads to track information updates, deadlines and upcoming events. The Weekly Roundup is sent weekly to all Health and Wellbeing Leads and will always be saved to the NHS Futures Workspace.

We’ll be using the ‘Our London People’ NHS Futures Site to store documents, so  links might direct you there. Once you’ve joined, accessing it in the future will be seamless.

News and Updates
This week’s roundup may look slightly different. I am using a new computer and have had difficulties with formatting. It should be back to normal next week.

Resources:
Staff experience assessment tool
As part of NHS England’s transformation under the Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England, the Retention self-assessment tool has been renamed the Staff experience assessment tool.

Access the tool and guidance here.

NHS Employers Sickness absence calculator
Use the NHS Employers sickness absence calculator to manage staff wellbeing and reduce sickness absence. Enter your staff numbers, cost per day and absence rate to find trends and areas that can support your prevention strategies and reduce absence rates.

Access the resource here.

The Health Foundation: Geographic inequalities in premature mortality: Exploring the role of socioeconomic factors and ethnicity
The Health Foundation and ONS analysis explores the biggest contributors to premature mortality across England and Wales.

Read the analysis here.

The Caring Corner Podcast (Live from ConfedExpo)
While in attendance at ConfedExpo, the team from A Kind Life also had the distinct pleasure of a chat with Katy and Kayleigh of the Caring Corner podcast! Together with fellow guest Ronke Akerele, National Director of Culture Transformation at NHS England, Tim Keogh recorded this episode live in front of an audience of conference attendees.

Give a listen to the lively discussion on compassionate leadership and practical kindness on Spotify here.

Information:
General Practice Staff Survey
The Staff Survey team have published the national General Practice Staff Survey briefing for 2024 with supporting guidance slides.

The GPSS is currently a voluntary survey and in 2024 33 ICBs and staff from 575 PCNs and 1,176 general practices participated and received a 38% response rate.

When reviewing the GPSS national briefing report, please ensure you also refer to the accompanying guidance slides. These slides outline the key differences between the GPSS and the annual national staff surveys and highlight the need for caution when making data comparisons.

Please access the report here.

Thank you for all your help and support in advocating for our GPSS and please do contact the national staff survey team via email england.staffsurveyengagement@nhs.net  if you have any queries.

National Quarterly Pulse Survey
Only 1 week of Q2 NQPS and 2 weeks to final submission date!
A reminder that trusts are required to submit Q2 2025/26 NQPS data for Tuesday 1st July to Thursday 31st July by 11.59pm on Friday 8th August (via the SDCS portal).

Email england.peoplepulse@nhs.net for further information.

Events:
Henpicked Free Webinar:  Menopause, menstruation and the Law: act now on the Employment Rights Bill – 29th July – 10am – 11am
The Employment Rights Bill places menopause support into law for the first time

The Government has published the new Employment Rights Bill — and it includes a legal requirement for employers with 250+ staff to publish a Menopause Action Plan.

Henpicked will be joined by Joanna Sutton – Head of Employment at Nockolds Solicitors – to explore legal risk and employee rights explore what the Bill includes, how it could impact your organisation, and what best practice looks like for supporting menopause and menstruation at work. We’ll cover:

• The Employment Rights Bill – what’s in it, and how it affects your legal responsibilities.

• What’s changing, and when – Menopause Action Plans will be introduced on a voluntary basis from April 2026, with mandatory requirements for large employers (250+ employees) by 2027

• Why menopause and menstruation matter now – and how these issues are becoming a benchmark for inclusive and responsible employers

• What good looks like – practical steps to embed lasting change through policy, training and culture.

Register for this free event here.

The Health Foundation webinar: From diagnosis to delivery: how will the 10 Year Plan transform the NHS? – 7th August – 2.15pm – 3.30pm
The Health Foundation experts will explore the levers for change proposed in the 10-Year Health Plan, the big unanswered questions and what’s needed to transform the NHS.

Register for the webinar here.

NHS workforce supply in a new era: opportunities and challenges – 24th September – 9am – 4.30pm
Join NHS Employers fifth virtual annual workforce supply conference, bringing together professionals from the health sector working in workforce strategy and practice, including recruitment, workforce development, education, organisational development and learning leads.

Register for this event here.

Embedding Healthy Speaking Up Cultures: Organisations Listening, Learning and Leading for Safer Care – 15th October – 10am – 12pm
Join us for an engaging and practical learning event hosted by the NHSE Culture Transformation Team, where we’ll explore how NHS organisations can build psychologically safe cultures that support and encourage colleagues to speak up.

This session will place the lived experiences of colleagues who raise concerns at the heart of the conversation—highlighting why creating environments where people feel safe, heard, and supported are vital to compassionate, inclusive, and high-performing cultures.

Places are limited – please book early to avoid disappointment.

Register for a space here.

Microsoft Virtual Training Hours:
Sharpen and develop your digital skills through Microsoft funded, virtual training hours running in through Summer 2025. Sessions deliver pre-recorded content with live Q&A.

Gain deeper knowledge of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Forms, OneNote, Planner, PowerPoint, Word, OneDrive, Bookings, Power BI, Excel and SharePoint Online.

Find out more and register for your place here.

Get involved:
Brand advertising exemption from advertising restrictions for less healthy food or drink
This consultation seeks views on draft secondary legislation to provide an explicit exemption for brand advertising from the advertising restrictions for less healthy food or drink on TV and online.

This consultation closes at 11.59pm on Wednesday 6 August.

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