Webinar

Nurse career progression: good and fair employment practice

Our nurse career progression webinar helped senior leaders ensure good and fair employment practice and embed partnership working to improve outcomes.
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General information

Time
9 July 2026 12:30 - 14:00 GMT
Audience
Open to all

Speakers

  • Caroline Waterfield
    Caroline Waterfield
    Director of Workforce Supply and Employment Practice NHS Employers
  • Lord Victor Adebowale CBE
    Lord Victor Adebowale CBE External link icon
    Chair NHS Alliance (formerly NHS Confederation)
  • Andrew Mcmenemy
    Andrew McMenemy
    Executive Chief People Officer, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
  • Ali Kennah
    Ali Kennah
    Chief Nurse and Director of Infection Prevention and Control, North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
  • Headshot of Paula Woods
    Paula Woods
    Chief People Officer, North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
  • Brian Morton headshot
    Brian Morton External link icon
    Associate Director of Employment Relations Royal College of Nursing
  • Headshot of Helga Pile
    Helga Pile
    Acting Head of Health, UNISON
  • Headshot Katie Spring
    Katie Spring
    People Development Practitioner, North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
  • Victoria Woodjetts
    Victoria Woodjetts
    Organisation Development Business Partner, North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
  • Headshot of Gifty Markey
    Gifty Markey
    Associate CNO for Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity at North Bristol NHS Trust

This session supported chief people officers and chief nursing officers with taking forward the collection of nurse career progression recommendations from a stream of work resulting from the 2023 Agenda for Change pay deal

The recommendations were developed by a task and finish group of employer and staff side colleagues and led by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England. They are grounded in insight from nurses, the evidence from NHS data and expertise from NHS employer, professional body and trade union organisations. 

As evidenced in recent NHS Staff Survey results, BAME nurses are half as likely to progress from Band 5 roles into Band 6 roles as compared to white nurses. This webinar highlighted some of the practical and tangible actions that support good employment practice around career progression for nurses, which is free from racism and other forms of discrimination. 

Access our webinar resources

Visit Improving nurse career progression: actions for leaders to access the webinar slides, a recording of the session, five leadership actions for senior leaders and case studies to support implementation.