Information for chief people officers in the East of England region
We would like to take this opportunity to extend a very warm welcome to the East of England region.
The regional CPO and deputy CPO networks and Social Partnership Forum are established and well-respected peer-led spaces that provide access to learning and sharing of good practice, peer networking, collaborating and creating opportunities to influence national policy and thinking.
This web page will be useful in helping to familiarise yourself with the support that NHS Employers alongside your regional network and regional Social Partnership Forum (SPF) can give you.
A full list of organisations in the East of England region can be found here.
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.
East of England CPO network
The network meets monthly virtually and twice a year in person. It is an important network for Chief People Officers (CPOs) to connect with peers from across the region. Through these meetings, members can build relationships, exchange insight and experience, and contribute to national workforce policy and thinking.
The East of England CPO network focuses on supporting organisations in areas such as staff experience, culture and EDI, succession planning and talent development, as well as a focus on the upcoming changes from the transforming people services programme and the 10-year workforce plan. The network also helps employers align with national workforce priorities and respond collectively to key people agenda challenges across the region.
East of England Regional SPF
NHS Employers, through the National Engagement Service, supports and facilitates regional SPFs across the country. These forums bring together employers and trade union partners to strengthen partnership working on workforce issues, shaping and informing policy, promoting good employment practice and providing support of regional and national priorities.
Regional SPFs feed into the national SPF, which supports partnership working and contributes workforce perspectives to national NHS policy development.
In East of England, the regional SPF meets five times a year virtually and provides a collaborative space for partners to work together on key workforce priorities. Its focus includes staff experience, EDI and cultural change, partnership working at both system and regional levels during organisational change and NHS strategic plans.
Connections with deputy CPOs in East of England
We support deputy CPOs across the region by attending their regional network, contributing an NHS Employers update, answering questions on our work, bringing in our subject matter experts, and giving the opportunity for a legal update from Capsticks, our legal partners. This helps to enable peer connections that encourage the sharing of learning and best practice. This includes supporting understanding of the national people policy agenda and helping to align and make progress on shared regional areas of focus.
