Future Focused Finance

When we are busy and facing challenges, it can be easy to forget to look after ourselves and our fellow team members.

In the current NHS climate, more so than ever before, the health and wellbeing of
staff is so important and something that must be protected.

Reviews such as the Boorman Review in 2008 focused attention on staff health and wellbeing. Personal resilience and the wellbeing of employees are now recognised as being of great importance in developing and maintaining a high-performing team.

Future-Focused Finance has carried out research into the different health and wellbeing initiatives being delivered locally by NHS teams across the country. It has taken some of this best practice to create a new charter that aims to inspire others to do the same.

Some ideas include: healthy lunchtime activities, such as wellbeing walks; events and training; and simple gestures of support and encouragement.

These aim to help build both personal and team resilience. The charter includes a pledge that people can sign up to if they are interested in championing this area of work at their organisation.

Health and wellbeing champions will form a new network of individuals that FFF will work with to share good practice and learning across the regions, and to also help with ongoing research into future resilience-proofing the workforce for the undeniable changes on the horizon for NHS finance.

• View the charter on the FFF website at www.futurefocusedfinance.nhs.uk/wellbeing