Information for newly appointed chief people officers, London HRD Network
We would like to take this opportunity to extend a very warm welcome to the region and in particular to our London HRD network.
Our regional network is an established and well-respected peer-led forum that provides access to learning and sharing of good practice, peer networking, collaborating and creating opportunities to influence national policy and thinking. We hope that you will become an active member in our network.
This web page will help you to to familiarise yourself with the support that NHS Employers and your regional network can give you. We have included information about the co-chairs of the network, the key priorities that the London network is currently focussing on, as well as other useful links and contacts.
The network is organised and coordinated by NHS Employers via the national engagement service team.
If you have any outstanding questions, please do contact us and we will be very happy to help.
London HRD network
The network meets monthly via Microsoft Teams, with several in-person meetings and events based in central London each year. We hope you will become an active member of our network.
Joint London HRD network co-chairs
- Tanya Carter, chief people officer, East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Tom Nettel, chief people officer, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Network priorities
A key priority of the London HRD network is supporting London in being the best place to work. In particular, the London HRD Network has prioritised working collectively on ‘inclusion and belonging’.
To meet the challenges ahead, the NHS people profession (human resources and organisational development practitioners), has an essential role to play in creating inclusive and diverse workplaces that reflect the local community and population it serves; and that can attract and retain the skills and capabilities needed to deliver high quality integrated healthcare.
We know that a vast amount of excellent work on ‘inclusion and belonging in the workplace’ is already happening in our London trusts (primarily through implementing our local equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategies, and through the wide adoption of the #InclusiveHR 5-step Challenge to Change). Because of this the London HRD Network was successful in securing funding to support and accelerate this work across the region.
Building on our achievements, and with the focus on our HR functions, the network is running a programme of engagement interventions specifically designed to meet the following objectives:
- To create a culture of learning and sharing with system leaders solving problems together and drawing on the experiences of others. Senior leaders gain insight, to impart habits and skills of team development, collaboration and improvement, focusing on strengthening system perspectives and diminishing organisational boundaries to translate this across the region.
- To create a common understanding of the principles of employee engagement and inclusion, through working together on a regional approach.
- To create a shared vision and set of objectives to build a common purpose and a collectively owned narrative (aligned to the #InclusiveHR 5-step Challenge to Change) among the broader leadership community (with progress made visible to stakeholders and HR/people function).
Organisations in the London region
London HR directors and Social Partnership Forum (SPF) network meeting arrangements
NES supports and facilitates the regional HRD networks and SPFs across the country.
The London partnership was set up by employers, trade unions and NHS Employers' London engagement team.
Regional SPF priorities for 2022/2023
- Continue to champion the #InclusiveHR campaign's '5-step Challenge for Change' to improve the experience of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) staff in HR and organisational development (OD) functions.
- Reducing violence at work and sharing best practice.
- Equality, diversity, and inclusion – driven by staff survey, Workforce Race Equality Standard and Workforce Race Disability Standard data and insights.
- Staff health and wellbeing.
The London health and wellbeing subgroup focuses on improving the health of the NHS London workforce and reports to the partnership. The subgroup has been working collaboratively to create a London strategy for autism.
If you would like to receive dates of future meetings and related communications for the network, then please get in touch with us.
