A framework for NHS Scotland organisations and employees
Each NHS Board must operate within the Governance Framework (Clinical Governance, Financial Governance and Staff Governance). Staff Governance is the strand that looks at how staff are managed and how they feel they are being managed.
The NHS Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 saw this commitment to staff governance being reinforced by legislation and supported by the introduction of the Staff Governance Standard, the aims of which are to improve how NHS Scotland’s diverse workforce is treated.
To achieve the set standard and to maintain NHSScotlands status as an exemplary employer, evidence has to be made available to show that systems are in place to identify areas of concern, that actions plans are in place that show how improvements are being made and how they will continue to be made.