Staff Governance
Staff governance is about how NHSScotland staff are managed,
and feel they are managed. The NHS Reform (Scotland) Act makes
NHS employers legally accountable for staff governance, in the
same way that they are already responsible under law for the quality
of clinical care and for appropriate financial management.
The Staff Governance Standard is the key policy document which
defines the five elements that make up staff governance. The Standard
also shows how staff governance fits into a broader strategic
framework, as well as describing the roles and responsibilities
of different groups in relation to the Standard.
NHS employers must be able to show that they have systems which
not only identify areas for improvement around staff governance,
but also develop and monitor action plans. NHS employers are required
to do this by using a self-assessment audit tool. This tool includes
both qualitative and quantitative evidence by which employers
can measure their progress in relation to staff governance, as
well as a number of mandatory statistics which NHS employers must
submit as part of the annual Performance Assessment Framework.
Progress is also measured by the staff survey, carried out at
agreed intervals.
This toolkit contains:
- the Staff
Governance Standard;
- the self-assessment audit tool, which now includes a data
collection form and guidance,
to allow statistics in relation to staff governance to be calculated
consistently across NHSScotland;
- the staff survey and guidance (not yet available); and
- a Health
Department Letter describing the processes in relation to
staff governance and what NHS employers must do in response
to this.
Please raise any queries about this with the Partnership Support
Unit in the first instance:
Partnership Support Unit
Directorate of Human Resources
Scottish Executive Health Department
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
(0131) 244 5123
PSU@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Staff Governance Working Group
The following are members of the Staff Governance Working Group
Jonathan Best - Joint Chair
John Gallacher - Joint Chair
Diane Murray - PSU Support
Gillian Lenaghan
Caroline Hutchison
Elizabeth Stow
Patricia Lieser
Michael Fuller
Hugh Sweeney
Alan Boyter
Colin Poolman
Ed Rennie
Rona Webster
Billy Parker
Ian Reid
Anne Gent
John Cowie
Lindsey Ferries
Ruth Kelly
George McLachlan
Rhona jack
Alex Killick
Jacqui Jones
Claire Brennan
Linda Toland
Dates of Meetings:
10 February 2005 - Glasgow - UNISON
29 March 2005 - Glasgow - UNISON
13 June 2005 - Stirling - Management Centre
28 July 2005 - DEFERRED - new date to be arranged
23 September 2005 - Glasgow - UNISON
28 November 2005 - Glasgow - UNISON
You can also contact the SPF by e-mailing psu@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
or phoning 0131 244 5123.
