Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care

Health and Social Care Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 30 Jul 2020 Closed: 22 Feb 2022 Parliament page
This inquiry will focus on workforce burnout and resilience across the NHS and social care. It will look at: burnout, resilience and stress levels before and during the covid-19 pandemic the impact of workforce burnout on service delivery, staff, patients and service users workforce planning and projections the measures set … Read more
26 Recommendations
7 Conclusions
1 Report
4 Oral sessions
2 Letters
4 Events
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
Anita Charlesworth · Health Foundation Helen Whately MP · Department of Health and Social Care Oonagh Smyth · Skills for Care Prerana Issar · NHS England and NHS Improvement Rob Smith · Health Education England
Chris Hopson · NHS England Dr Henrietta Hughes, National Guardian Helené Donnelly OBE · Midlands Partnership NHS Lord Victor Adebowale · NHS Confederation Professor Jeremy Dawson · Sheffield University Shilpa Ross · The King's Fund Tricia Pereira · London Borough of Merton
Denise Crouch, Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse Dr Adrian James · The Royal College of Psychiatrists Dr Chaand Nagpaul · Council of the British Medical Association Paul Farmer · Mind - on behalf of Our Frontline Professor Dame Clare Gerada · NHS Practitioner Health Vic Rayner · National Care Forum
Bernie Miller · Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Caroline Waterfield · NHS Employers Claire Murdoch · NHS England Jo Da Silva · Agincare Prerana Issar · NHS England and NHS Improvement Professor Martin Green · Care England Professor Michael West · The King's Fund
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
2 Recommendation Rejected
Second Report - Workforce burnout …
Understanding the scale and impact of workforce burnout can only be achieved with a metric...
Understanding the scale and impact of workforce burnout can only be achieved with a metric for staff wellbeing and staff mental health that covers both the NHS and social care. We therefore recommend that the Department for Health and Social … Read more
Government Response
The government rejects the direct extension of the NHS Staff Survey to social care, citing structural differences and lack of HR functions in many social care providers. While agreeing on the importance of monitoring staff wellbeing, they instead commit to increasing engagement with the social care sector and supporting NHS organisations through existing mechanisms like the People Plan and Wellbeing dashboard.
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Government Response AI assessment · 33 of 26 classified

Total 26 recs + 7 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
16 Mar 2021 To committee Letter from the Minister of State for Care on improving accountability across adult social care
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22 Oct 2020 From committee Letter to the Chief People Officer on Workforce projections
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