Pam Case, senior project manager, and Claire Wilson, project lead, from South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board share how they are supporting colleagues to increase T Level industry placement provision across their system. They reflect on the importance of early engagement with education providers, the benefits of tailoring support for different organisations and the importance of creating a network, with relevant sub-groups, to encourage others to offer T Level industry placements.
Jul 24, 2025•20 min
Sue Howard, head of workforce development and Phil Pennill, programme manager, both from Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board join us to discuss how they are upscaling T Level industry placements across their system. In this conversation, we explore the implementation and development of T Level industry placements in Greater Manchester, reflecting a city-wide effort to raise the profile of technical education and develop sustainable talent pipelines. Sue and Phil share the current T Level la...
Jul 09, 2025•27 min
Mandy Tuckey, ICS apprenticeship and widening participation programme lead, and Kate Loram, ‘We Want You’ project support officer at One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (Gloucestershire ICS) join us to discuss how they are upscaling T Level industry placements across the system. The conversation explores the successful expansion of T Level industry placements, the ICS's strategic vision for the future and its commitment to strengthening the healthcare talent pipeline. Key themes include t...
Jul 08, 2025•37 min
Shilpa Bhatt, apprenticeships and widening participation lead and interim retention lead at Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care System (BOB ICS) shares reflections on how the ICS supporting the upscaling of T Level Industry placements across the system.
May 30, 2025•29 min
This conversation explores the important role of job evaluation within the NHS, addressing the challenges and misconceptions that comes with it. Hosted by Chioma Ezenwoye, the discussion brings together Andrea Thomas and Louise Chinnery, co-chairs of the NHS Staff Council Job Evaluation Group. They highlight the importance of regularly updating job descriptions, ensuring fair pay, and fostering partnership working to drive effective job evaluation. The conversation also debunks common myths surr...
Apr 09, 2025•11 min
In this podcast, Stephen Weeks hosts a discussion with Claire Tierney and Cheryl Samuels about improving staff experience in NHS organisations. They explore various approaches, including the RISE framework at University Hospitals Leicester and flexible working initiatives at the Evelina Hospital. The conversation highlights the importance of continuous improvement, listening to staff feedback, and addressing inequalities in the workplace. Both leaders share insights on how their organisations ha...
Mar 25, 2025•21 min
Colleagues talk about the implementation of agenda for change and it brought about improved relationships with trade unions.
Nov 22, 2024•3 min
Reflections on the improvements made when the NHS moved over to the agenda for change system
Nov 22, 2024•4 min
Colleagues reflect on the important equal pay case that was a turning point in the NHS, including the challenges and complexities the Whitley Council structures brought.
Nov 22, 2024•4 min
Colleagues provide an introduction to the old structures, and the practicalities of what they were like to navigate in practice.
Nov 22, 2024•4 min
Paul Deemer, head of Diversity and Inclusion at NHS Employers, discusses the importance of parity of esteem for SAS doctors within the NHS, highlighting the barriers they face and the opportunities for support and development. The conversation features insights from experts in the field, emphasizing the need for cultural change, better representation, and actionable frameworks like the SAS 6 to enhance the careers of SAS doctors. Joining Paul for the discussion are: Rob Fleming - SAS Specialist ...
Oct 15, 2024•34 min
In the first part of the conversation, we discuss how Great Western Hospital in Swindon introduced T Level industry placements in their maternity services. We explore how they implemented placements, the feedback from staff and the areas in which students can work.
Jun 18, 2024•18 min
In the second part of the conversation, we discuss how the placement experience has changed over time to best support the young people on placement. We hear about the next steps for students after completing their placements, and how their recruitment process ensures they get the best candidates. We finish the conversation with top tips from our speakers.
Jun 18, 2024•22 min
North East Ambulance Service and the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion discuss hidden disabilities and share insights on how to support NHS staff in their roles.
May 13, 2024•30 min
International Nurse Retention by NHS Employers
Jul 04, 2023•35 min
For our final episode we are joined by Naomi Stanford, Organisation Design author & consultant who brings a wealth of experience in both organisation development, and organisation design which she has written at length on. Naomi talks about the impact of hybrid working and how we can hold space to explore the fundamental question of what work is and how we can reconsider what is important using design principles to shape our workplaces.
Sep 06, 2022•35 min
Vilma Nikolaidou the Associate Director of HR from University of the Arts London joins us for our fourth episode. Vilma shares her experience of doing OD in the higher education sector in a time of hybrid working, growing inequality and short term thinking. Vilma talks about how we can hold the tension between complexity and simplicity when we all have very little headspace, and how being in service of others is key to the future of OD in our ever changing workplaces.
Aug 23, 2022•35 min
In 2020, when COVID struck, Alder Hey’s response to the pandemic and to the support offered to staff had been shaped by events of 2018 and a case involving a young boy with an incurable neurogenerative condition. Steven Weeks, policy manager at NHS Employers, spoke to staff about the new approach the Trust adopted following the case and how it helped support staff during the pandemic.
Aug 10, 2022•16 min
In this episode we hear from Mee-Yan Cheung Judge and Linda Holbeche, friends of Do OD and authors of our favourite handbook: Organisation Development. On the release of the third edition, Mee-Yan and Linda join us to talk about the big changes happening in the world of work. With changing technology and widening inequality, how can we create work that amplifies the best of humanity? They talk about power, politics and the courage needed to make a difference when the scale and intensity of chang...
Aug 09, 2022•37 min
Sheena Cartwright is a thought leader in Gestalt OD and an experienced OD consultant. Sheena joins us to explore the practice of OD through the lens of Gestalt Theory. In a time when there is too much going on, how do we take a step back to notice the patterns that stand out so we can calibrate our response in the best way? Sheena talks about the power of intention and how we can use our presence to nudge systems forward…even if it means we don’t get flowers at the end.
Jul 26, 2022•41 min
Glenda is the CEO of the Human Systems Dynamics Institute and joins us to discuss OD in a time of uncertainty. We need a radically different way to think about planning where we focus on questions as much as answers. In a time when organisational structures are breaking down, how can we support individuals to build their adaptive capacity to learn? As you’ll hear, Glenda encourages us to see complexity as a practice, using the power of possibility to move forward.
Jul 12, 2022•41 min
International Integrated Care Models Ep. 3: Connecting Care for Children by NHS Employers
Jul 03, 2022•23 min
International Integrated Care Models Ep. 2: Healthy Homes and Neighbourhoods by NHS Employers
Jul 03, 2022•16 min
International Integrated Care Models Ep. 1: The ESTHER Approach by NHS Employers
Jul 03, 2022•24 min
#EQW2022: The Power of Staff Networks by NHS Employers
May 12, 2022•16 min
This story begins with a letter sent to seven year old Matilda at the start of the pandemic. But the story behind the letter starts four years earlier when the Isle of Wight NHS Trust was placed in special measures and had one of the lowest staff experience scores in the NHS. Today it is one of the most improved trusts for staff experience and is fully out of special measures. This is the story of the leadership journey that brought about a remarkable change.
Mar 30, 2022•24 min
Enhancing the working experiences of disabled staff – what we learned from shielding by NHS Employers
Nov 24, 2021•21 min
Inclusive Recruitment: The Partnership Between The Royal Wolverhampton and The Prince's Trust by NHS Employers
Sep 28, 2021•18 min
HPMA Awards 2020: Social Partnership Forum Finalist Kim Nurse by NHS Employers
Nov 06, 2020•30 sec
HPMA Awards 2020: Social Partnership Forum Finalist Steve Grundy by NHS Employers
Nov 06, 2020•41 sec
