To support the improvement of staff retention across NHS Wales, a range of exciting quality improvement projects are being delivered at both national and local levels, which include:
| Organisation | Project |
| Aneurin Bevan University Health Board | Development, launch and implementation of a Talent Management Framework. |
| Staff Engagement Retention Chat Cafes | |
| Enhancement of Flexible Working Approaches | |
| Establishment of Retention Working Group in partnership with staff side colleagues | |
| Stay Conversations development | |
| Development of organisational retention dashboard | |
| Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board | Mental Health and Learning Disability ‘Wellness Work and Us’ programme |
| Staff Wellbeing Support Services (SWSS) development | |
| Compassionate Leadership and Cultural Change Programme | |
| Cardiff and Vale University Health Board | Development of Stay Questionnaires |
| Development of Local Retention Dashboards | |
| New Starter Surveys | |
| Internal Lateral Move Scheme for Band 5 Nurses and Band 2 Health Care Support Workers | |
| Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board | Development of a Local Retention Group and CTMUHB Retention Action Plan |
| Development of a Local Retention dashboard | |
| Dedicated retention support across internal care groups | |
| Introduction and expansion of the Lateral moves scheme | |
| Relaunch of the ‘Moving on’ Questionnaire process | |
| Development of a management toolkit | |
| Flexible working application review | |
| Launch of the CTM ‘Joining well survey' | |
| Sharing best practice | Digital Health and Care Wales |
| Automated Exit Interviews | |
| Off Boarding Toolkit | |
| Stay Interviews | |
| Hybrid Working Focus Groups | |
| Talent Cohort / Emerging Talent / SLP (to grow our own/encourage development) | |
| Wellbeing & EDI Support (toolkits, Vivup Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders, Community Projects Initiative, Step Challenges) and supporting national campaigns, celebrating cultural differences through events and in-person get-togethers (e.g., Diwali) | |
| EDI Network & HWB Network | |
| Digital Inclusion Working Group | |
| TenTalks for Development | |
| BCS Organisational Membership for Registered Digital Professionals (Professionalism) | |
| BS76000 Valuing People and ISO 30415 Diversity & Inclusion Standards | |
| WIDI (Wales Institute of Digital Information) Partnership to Develop and Upskill Our People in Key Technologies | |
| Hywel Dda University Health Board | Establishment of Nursing Retention Task and Finish Group |
| Establishment of retirement task and finish group | |
| Progression of Nurse Retention Group (established 2022) in line with the All Wales Nurse Retention Plan | |
| Establishment of Medical Retention Group | |
| Establishment of Retire and Return and Flexible Working Groups in Partnership with Trade Union Colleagues to Develop New Approaches | |
| Development of Toolkits to Support Culture Framework | |
| Review of Speaking Up Safely Resources and Approaches | |
| Development and Launch of a New 7-Day Manager Development Programme for Supervisors and Managers | Public Health Wales | Review of speaking up safely resources and approaches |
| Introduction of Restorative Clinical Supervision for Nurses | |
| Powys Teaching Health Board | Retention Scoping and Engagement project |
| Nurse Retention Task and Finish Groups | |
| Exit Questionnaires - Quality Improvement Project | |
| Development of Exit Interview Resources | |
| Development of Stay Conversations Resource | |
| Development of Wellbeing Conversations Resource | |
| Self Rostering Trial | |
| Swansea Bay University Health Board | International nurse training, mentorship, and development |
| Thinking of leaving? Task and Finish Group | |
| Velindre University NHS Trust | Improving nurse retention within Systematic Anti- Cancer Treatment Nursing team |
| Staff Retention Stories | |
| Development of Nurse Retention Dashboard | |
| Introduction of Wellbeing Champions | |
| Noddfa Staff Wellbeing Hub | |
| Introduction of Speaking Up Safely Group | |
| Implementation of Restorative Clinical Supervision for Nurses | |
| Exit Interview development | |
| Compassionate Leadership ‘bitesize’ sessions | |
| Internationally Educated Nurse support | |
| Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust | Introduction of Nurse Engagement group |
| Compassionate People Practices |
If you would like to get involved or would like any further information regarding any of these projects, please contact the relevant local retention lead.
