The NHS workforce is at the heart of quality patient care and we believe that employers must drive the workforce agenda.
We keep employers up to date with the latest workforce thinking; provide practical advice and information; and help them to network and share knowledge.
What we do
We work with employers to reflect their views and act on their behalf in four priority areas:
- pay and negotiations
- recruitment and planning the workforce
- healthy and productive workplaces
- employment policy and practice.
See our annual review for more details.
How we work
Forging strong partnerships with Government, trade unions and other stakeholders means we can promote employers' interests at the highest levels, addressing current workforce issues and helping to shape the future.
Our policy board plays an important role in making decisions about the work, position and direction of NHS Employers.
We are part of the NHS Confederation and the Department of Health sets the broad framework within which we operate, but it is employers themselves who drive our agenda.
Latest campaigns
Open Your Mind: mental health campaign
Our new campaign, to be launched in January, aims to reduce stigma and increase understanding of mental ill health and employment within the workplace. It will support employers to create a more productive work environment for existing staff that have mental health issues and promote and share good employment practice across the NHS. Find out more about Open Your Mind.
New faces of NHS Jobs
NHS Jobs (run by NHS Employers) has found 15 new faces to represent the NHS on its website and in its publications. Find out more on our NHS Jobs pages.