Select Committee · Health and Social Care Committee

Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care

Status: Closed Opened: 30 Jul 2020 Closed: 22 Feb 2022 26 recommendations 7 conclusions 1 report

This inquiry will focus on workforce burnout and resilience across the NHS and social care. It will look at: burnout, resilience and stress levels before and during the covid-19 pandemic the impact of workforce burnout on service delivery, staff, patients and service users workforce planning and projections the measures set out in the NHS People … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Second Report - Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS… HC 22 8 Jun 2021 33 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
2 Recommendation Second Report - Workforce burnout and r… Rejected

Understanding the scale and impact of workforce burnout can only be achieved with a metric...

Understanding the scale and impact of workforce burnout can only be achieved with a metric for staff wellbeing and staff mental health that covers both the NHS and social care. We therefore recommend that the Department for Health and Social Care extends the NHS Staff Survey to cover the care … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government rejects the direct extension of the NHS Staff Survey to social care, citing structural differences and lack of HR functions in many social care providers. While agreeing on the importance of monitoring staff wellbeing, they instead commit to increasing engagement with the social …
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Department of Health and Social Care

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
24 Feb 2021 Anita Charlesworth · Health Foundation, Helen Whately MP · Department of Health and Social Care, Oonagh Smyth · Skills for Care, Prerana Issar · NHS England and NHS Improvement, Rob Smith · Health Education England View ↗
12 Jan 2021 Chris Hopson · NHS England, Dr Henrietta Hughes, National Guardian, Helené Donnelly OBE · Midlands Partnership NHS, Lord Victor Adebowale · NHS Confederation, Professor Jeremy Dawson · Sheffield University, Shilpa Ross · The King's Fund, Tricia Pereira · London Borough of Merton View ↗
17 Nov 2020 Denise Crouch, Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse, Dr Adrian James · The Royal College of Psychiatrists, Dr Chaand Nagpaul · Council of the British Medical Association, Paul Farmer · Mind - on behalf of Our Frontline, Professor Dame Clare Gerada · NHS Practitioner Health, Vic Rayner · National Care Forum View ↗
20 Oct 2020 Bernie Miller · Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Caroline Waterfield · NHS Employers, Claire Murdoch · NHS England, Jo Da Silva · Agincare, Prerana Issar · NHS England and NHS Improvement, Professor Martin Green · Care England, Professor Michael West · The King's Fund View ↗

Who gave evidence

24 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Prerana Issar · Chief People Officer NHS England and NHS Improvement 2
Anita Charlesworth · Senior Economic Adviser Health Foundation 1
Bernie Miller · Clinical Lead, Discharge Lounge Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1
Caroline Waterfield · Director of Development and Employment NHS Employers 1
Chris Hopson · Chief Strategy Officer NHS England 1
Claire Murdoch · National Director for Mental Health NHS England 1
Denise Crouch, Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse 1
Dr Adrian James · President The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1
Dr Chaand Nagpaul · Chair Council of the British Medical Association 1
Dr Henrietta Hughes, National Guardian 1
Helen Whately MP · Minister of State Department of Health and Social Care 1
Helené Donnelly OBE · Ambassador for Cultural Change / Lead Freedom to … Midlands Partnership NHS 1
Jo Da Silva · Care Worker Agincare 1
Lord Victor Adebowale · Chair NHS Confederation 1
Oonagh Smyth · Chief Executive Officer Skills for Care 1
Paul Farmer · Chief Executive Mind - on behalf of Our Frontline 1
Professor Dame Clare Gerada · Medical Director NHS Practitioner Health 1
Professor Jeremy Dawson · Professor of Health Management Sheffield University 1
Professor Martin Green · Chief Executive Care England 1
Professor Michael West · Senior Visiting Fellow The King's Fund 1
Rob Smith · Workforce Planning and Intelligence Director Health Education England 1
Shilpa Ross · Policy Fellow The King's Fund 1
Tricia Pereira · Head of Operations Adults Social Care & Adult Saf… London Borough of Merton 1
Vic Rayner · Executive Director National Care Forum 1

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
16 Mar 2021 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Care on improving accountability across a…
22 Oct 2020 From cttee Letter to the Chief People Officer on Workforce projections