Publish date: 13 March 2025
The NHS Staff Survey results have been published today and a summary of our key findings are available on YourSpace. You can also access more detailed Staff Survey breakdowns, including results by division, service line and team on the BiT.
This year we are delighted to see a significant improvement across all nine themes within the survey, and that your continued hard work is helping to make our organisation a better place to work and access treatment and care.
One of the areas that stands out is how you connect and work together as teams. We know how important teamwork is in delivering whole person care, and it’s great to see 87% of colleagues reporting that they enjoy working with the people in their team, and 80% of colleagues reporting that the people they work with show appreciation to one another.
We’re also reassured to see that over 80% of colleagues would feel confident in raising concerns about unsafe clinical practice, this demonstrates that our ongoing work to embed a Restorative Just and Learning Culture continues to have a positive impact and is contributing towards a safe environment for patients, service users and colleagues.
We know that there is more work to do, and we are going through the data to fully understand the areas where we can further improve.
The data highlights disparities in the experience of our multi-ethnic staff compared to our white staff. While there has been an improvement in the number of multi-ethnic colleagues who believe our organisation offers fair career opportunities and a reduction in staff experiencing bullying from line managers, it is concerning to see an increase in multi-ethnic staff experiencing bullying from other staff.
It’s crucial that we engage with our staff to understand the reasons behind this increase and identify any hot spots, take appropriate actions, and make sure everyone feels supported, included and a sense of belonging.
Finally, I’d like to thank the 5,292 of you who took the time to complete the survey and share your feedback. Our response rate was 9% higher than last year, which means the results which will steer our priorities are more reflective of our workforce.
If you didn’t take up the opportunity to complete the survey, we look forward to hearing from you through the NHS People Pulse, Your Voice Your Change conversations and the 2025 NHS Staff Survey.