Download our new infographic which helps staff understand the different resources that have been developed to explain the 2018 pay deal for Agenda for Change staff. 

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*Credits NHS Employers

Our new briefing explores how employers can support and develop line managers to improve staff engagement. Written by the Institute for Employment Studies and commissioned by NHS Employers, the publication is based on issues raised by NHS line managers.

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NHS England has released a framework to improve the health and wellbeing of the NHS workforce. With a focus on effective line management, the framework provides guidance to help you support your staff to feel well, healthy and happy at work. 

​Read more here 

New team to manage? Or the first time you’re leading a team? This opinion piece from Fast Company shares advice on how to hit the ground running, from that first team meeting, to the key questions to ask your staff.  

Read the article here 

Do you know your AAC from your ACC? What’s the difference between DBS and DBSs? The NHS acronym buster will guide you through more than 700 acronyms and abbreviations used in health and care. 

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Seven decades on from its creation and the NHS still holds the accolade of being one of the UK's most-loved institutions. We asked a range of people what the NHS means to them. Here's what they said...
*Credits: NHS Confed

A new animation from Health Education England explains the annual review of competence progression (ARCP), which is used to assess the practice and progress of trainee doctors. The animation explains how the ARCP works and accompanies a written guide.

See the animation below and read more here

The General Medical Council has updated their guidance Outcomes for Graduates, setting out the knowledge, skills, values and behaviours that UK medical graduates must know and be able to demonstrate.

Find out more here

Building Resilience: Supporting Senior Leaders undertaking
Transformation across Systems
 
In our recent work to understand system leadership behaviours for public sector leaders, resilience was one of the most prominent themes.  Across 17-18 the NHS NWLA expanded the range of offers available for our members to take an in-depth look at their levels of resilience and the impact of this for leadership and cultures of high performance.
  
Following on from the success of our previous Building and Sustaining Personal and Organisational Resilience workshops, the NHS NWLA are delighted to confirm a new set of dates for these sessions across the Autumn 2018.  Workshops are aimed at executive leads and senior leaders working at a system level and further details and booking information can be seen below:
    
What do we really mean by resilience? Is it something anyone can develop? And how does resilience affect performance, wellbeing and happiness?
Personal resilience is arguably the most important resource for coping well during challenging times. During a one day masterclass we will be supporting senior leaders working at a system level across the North West to explore skills that will increase confidence in their ability to bounce back from the many pressures senior leaders encounter in today’s workplace and daily lives.  In addition participants will focus on reviewing the leadership required to build effective performance and wellbeing within their teams, both within organisations and across localities and systems. We will: 

• Learn about the leadership characteristics which help build and sustain team resilience and thriving
  
• Explore the links between psychological and physical wellbeing, productivity and engagement
• Explore the concept of Engaging Leadership and undertake a personal leadership audit
• Develop leadership behaviours and examine how to create healthy followership

We will be holding three full day sessions at the end of September and throughout October across the North West to help ensure availability for all. To attend any of the sessions please book your place at the relevant links.  Further information is available on our website: 

• Thursday 27th September 2018 - Park Inn by Radisson, Manchester - book here
  
• Tuesday 9th October 2018 - Radisson Blu Hotel, Liverpool - book here
• Thursday 18th October 2018 - Macdonald Tickled Trout Hotel, Preston - book here

For any queries or further information please contact nwla.info@nhs.net or give us a call on 0161 625 7348.
Kind regards,   
                                       
NHS North West Leadership Academy

Access resources collated by NHS Improvement to help improve staff retention. The online hub includes improvement guides, policy documents and case studies highlighting the work taking place to tackle NHS-specific retention challenges.

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