Board of Directors Meeting - 29 March 2012 - Devon Partnership ...

Board of Directors Meeting, 29 March 2012Agenda Item 8DEVON PARTNERSHIP NHS BOARD OF DIRECTORSMeeting on 29 March 2012WORKFORCE REPORT on NATIONAL NHS STAFF SURVEY 20111. Purpose of report1.1. Provide a commentary on significant issues and key findings relating to thepublication by the Department of Health of the 2011 National Staff Survey carried outin the Trust during October to December 2011 by Capita Surveys and Research.2. Provenance2.1. This report complements the January Board Report which drew on the raw data fromthe Sample Frequency Data and was comparable with 19 other Mental Health andLearning Disability Providers which used Capita Surveys and Research to carry outand analyse their survey.2.2. This final National Report is weighted against all 59 Mental Health and LearningDisability Trusts and is presented against the four pledges to staff in the NHSConstitution and additional themes of staff satisfaction and equality and diversity.2.3. This enables the Trust to continue to focus action on the key areas that the NHS hascommitted to delivering for its staff, maintaining continuity on last year’s approach.2.4. The full report is available on the Staff Survey section of the intranet and internet.2.5. The full report provides detailed breakdowns of the key findings scores bydirectorate, occupational and demographic groups and details of each questionincluded in the core questionnaire.3. Background3.1. All NHS Trusts are required to carry out an annual staff survey each autumn. Thesurvey was conducted independently by NHS Capita Health Service Partners(previously NHS Partners); one of the approved national providers.3.2. The survey results are used to provide a temperature gauge for the organisation andensure progression against identified areas for improvement.4. Key points for Board of Directors to note4.1. Response rate4.1.1. The final official response rate was 50% which is below the average against thebenchmark for Mental Health and Learning Disability Trusts at 56% and significantlybelow the response rate of 59% last year.4.1.2. This is disappointing given the amount of promotion for the survey and the regularupdates and encouragement through each of the directorates to improve ourresponse rate on last year.Page 57 of 156