NHSSCOTLAND 'ONCE FOR SCOTLAND' WORKFORCE POLICIES PROGRAMME

Our Vision

NHSScotland workforce policies promote NHSScotland as a modern, exemplar employer; showcasing our core values, and promoting consistent employment policy and practice that supports the implementation of the Staff Governance Standard and effective recruitment and retention.

Key Principles

This work is reviewing and transforming the Partnership Information Network (PIN) Policies. that have already been agreed in partnership. This is not a re-negotiation. The development work and model is governed by the following principles:

The overriding purpose of policy review exercises is to create single, standardised policies to be used consistently and seamlessly across NHSScotland.  

Policies are presented in a refreshed and reinvigorated format on a digital platform in a user friendly and meaningful way, with staff and managers at the centre, whilst still being accessible to all groups of staff in alternative formats.  

Policies are developed and reviewed quickly and efficiently, with accountability for delivery shared between employers, staffside and professional organisations and the Scottish Government.

There is collective responsibility for each PIN Policy in terms of providing governance and leadership around policy development or review.  

Existing national PIN policies set good practice standards that have been negotiated and agreed in partnership and these standards continue to apply at the core of NHSScotland workforce policies.

Where a national PIN policy has been recently reviewed and is legally compliant, the expectation is that there should be minimal changes in relation to policy standards and therefore the focus is adopting that version to the new NHSScotland workforce policy style.

Policies are developed with robust engagement and take account of good practice locally and within other employers.  

The new model for PIN policy review was developed to improve the timeframe and efficiency of PIN policy review.

The NHSScotland workforce policies are focused on key standards and information. The policies and supporting documents are implemented consistently and fully across NHSScotland.

NHSScotland Workforce Polices

The NHSScotland Workforce Policies can be viewed at https://workforce.nhs.scot/.

Next steps

The next phase of the ‘Once for Scotland’ Workforce Policies Programme will refresh the remaining PIN policies. Until such time as these are approved, the remaining PIN Policies and related local NHSScotland Employers policies will continue to apply.

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