NHS GRAMPIAN
Employee Director
Summerfield House
2 Eday Road
ABERDEEN
AB15 6RE
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Ewan Robertson
Board Secretary
Grampian NHS Board
2 Eday Road
Aberdeen
AB15 6RE
Date30th March 2009
Enquiries toGordon S Stephen
Extension58599
Direct Line01224 558599
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Dear Ewan
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Letter to the Board from the Grampian Area Partnership Forum covering the recent meeting.
Since the last Board meeting NHS Grampian has met the HEAT target for KSF (Knowledge Skills Framework). This is as the result of a great deal of focussed effort by a lot of people. Agenda for Change is also being delivered against locally agreed targets. It is noticeable that the Scottish Government interests are on assimilations and that they will look at reviews at a later date. There are still many terms and condition issues which are being dealt with locally as part of Agenda for Change including the issue of “on call payments” which is still being debated at UK National level.
The GAPF has revealed the results of the Staff Survey carried out in 2008 and agreed a programme to ensure that actions are taken against some of the indicators. This will be done at NHS Grampian level but also each sector will be asked to focus on specific relevant issues. Actions against the Staff Survey will feature in the Staff Governance Action Plan which will be produced during April 2009. We will ensure that the work currently being done as a result of the Staff Wellbeing Survey links to the Action Plan.
The GAPF held a well attended Development Away Day on 19th March. Discussion in the morning was about how the Partnership process is being embedded in all of the sectors and Directorates while the afternoon session was devoted to an interactive briefing session on Continuous Service Improvement (CSI).
To support this transformation of the way we do business the GAPF,through its Sub Groups,is developing and updating a suite of policies to support the changes needed. e.g. Organisational Change Policy, Vacancy Management Policy, Redeployment Policy, Secondment Policy, Voluntary Severance Policies including Voluntary Early Release Policy.
The GAPF has been advised of the financial reports including the current 2008/09 results but also focussing on the next few years. The details around the expected revenue stream and the service demands for funding have also been well aired as well as options on how to close the gap.
On a brighter note, it is encouraging to report that the number of staff receiving either a 25 years or a 35 years service award is still high. At the last presentation the total service was 2635 years.
Once again the GAPF would like to remind all Board members of the open invitation to attend a GAPF meeting. Next meeting is on 22nd April 2009 at 2pm-5pm in the Conference Room, Summerfield House.
Yours sincerely
Gordon S Stephen
Employee Director