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Primary Care Wellbeing Leadership Programme

Background

“Managers have just as much of an impact on people’s mental health as their partner (both 69%) – and even more of an impact than their doctors (51%) or therapist (41%)” Mental Health At Work, Workforce Institute 2023.

Research consistently demonstrates that leaders’ wellbeing influences workforce wellbeing, which directly impacts patient care, experience and outcomes, playing a critical role in shaping the culture and success of organisations. Focusing on wellbeing is an investment in leadership effectiveness, employee engagement and long-term business sustainability. This NHS programme was piloted nationally in 2022/23 and is currently being rolled out with primary care providers to develop culture change agents for wellbeing, supported by the NHS Leaders’ Wellbeing Faculty and a national Community of Practice.

As this rollout continues, we are encouraging participation from all four primary care disciplines to acknowledge and address existing workforce priorities and frame a coherent narrative for a longer-term programme for primary care wellbeing leadership, aligning with and building on existing programmes and objectives:

  • GM Blueprint Workforce priorities around recruitment, retention, learning and development, linked to workforce health and wellbeing
  • The NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan emphasising the importance of embedding the right culture to improve retention
  • NHS Health and Wellbeing Framework, CQC single assessment framework, QOF, Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework and Excellence in Optometry

The full programme consists of two 2-hour modules delivered online, to strengthen leaders’ skills, knowledge and confidence in:

  • Module One & Two – The Case for NHS Staff Wellbeing

Aim – Demonstrate the importance of prioritising staff wellbeing in the NHS

    • Define Wellbeing
    • Staff wellbeing impacts patient care and experience
    • The nature of healthcare work (emotional labour, moral injury and the helping personality)

   Leading Your Own Wellbeing (self-awareness and self-management)

Aim – Explain why building staff wellbeing through leaders and leadership is a uniquely effective       approach and offer practical approaches to building leaders’ own wellbeing using the Wellbeing Wheel     Model:

    • Mindset and Gratitude
    • Learning
    • Purpose and Values
    • Connections and Relationships
    • Physical
  • Module Three & Four – Leading Wellbeing (using behaviours that create and support healthy workplace and system cultures)

Aim – Explain what leaders can practically do to lead for wellbeing

    • Leading ourselves under pressure and Emotional Intelligence
    • The ABC of Leading for Wellbeing

Leading Teams for Wellbeing (using behaviours that build workforce wellbeing in teams)

Aim – to appreciate the importance of teams to wellbeing and patient outcomes and take away       approaches to engaging teams in developing their wellbeing

    • Wellbeing as a business objective
    • Domains of Team Wellbeing
    • Practical ways of leading teams

Date/Time/Booking Details

New 2025 dates: to register and receive the Teams link directly, please click on the dates below. Programme Numbers 1 and 2 below repeat the same content for Modules 1 to 4, split into two 2-hour sessions, which are intended to follow consecutively:

Wellbeing Leadership Programme – Number 1

Wellbeing Leadership Programme – Number 2

For future dates, please email Dominic Anderson – Dominic.Anderson3@nhs.net.

Additional Information

For more information please contact Dominic.Anderson3@nhs.net