Public BoD papers 28.04.22

6. FTSU plan The FTSU plan has been refreshed for 2022/23 and the plan and resulting action plan, and progress with previous action are attached as Appendix 1. This main objectives for this coming year are: • Update Trust policy to meet requirements of refreshed national Freedom to Speak Up policy • Develop FTSU senior nurse reflections on speaking up and listening up for use on CPEP virtual study • Develop guidance that highlights sources of support for those involved in a concern in line with the work undertaken by the scrutiny panel for managing HR formal processes. • Support inclusion of FTSU for board development session • Review information from staff survey and develop actions to reduce barriers to speaking up for different staff groups • Extend Listen to Learn event to other staff networks • Develop Schwarz round • Work with HR and Union colleagues in line with the Trust respect campaign to support positive behaviours 7. National NHS Staff survey results For the 2021 survey the questions in the NHS Staff Survey are aligned to the People Promise which set out, in the words of NHS staff, the things that would most improve their working experience and is made up of seven elements. One element is “We each have a voice that counts”. The questions relating to Freedom to Speak Up within this element are: • 17a. I would feel secure raising concerns about unsafe clinical practice • 17b. I am confident that my organisation would address my concern • 21e. I feel safe to speak up about anything that concerns me in this organisation • 21f. If I spoke up about something that concerned me, I am confident my organisation would address my concern The Trust also took the opportunity to add a question relating to barriers to speak up, along with the opportunity to give comment on what could be improved with a view to identify topics for further scrutiny and discussion. The comments are not yet available. For all four questions The Christie is above the average for all acute specialist trusts. Of particular highlight is the question “Feeling secure to raise concerns about unsafe clinical practice and being confident that the organisation would address concerns” the results have improved from 2020 and the previous downward trend. For feeling safe to speak up about any concern, the results from 2020 to 2021 have shown a small fall. There is no year on year comparison information for confidence that the organisation would address the concern as this is a new question for the survey, however the result is above the acute specialist trust average.

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