Live Retention Projects
National Retention Hub
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 | |
| Development of Stay Conversations | |
| Review of Exit Interview Policy & Procedures | |
| Expansion of Self-Assessment Tool & Dashboard | |
| Flexible Working Review | |
| Medic Retention | |
| Induction Handbook | |
| Nurse Retention Plan | |
| Staff Voice Seminars | |
| Staff Survey Retention Development | |
| Casework & Coaching Retention | |
| 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 | |
| Corporate Induction To provide an engaging and informative induction programme that ensures every new employee feels welcomed and valued at CAVUHB. | |
| Starter Surveys Gather feedback from employees regarding their experience within the first 6 months and identify areas for improvement. | |
| Leaver Surveys To understand the reasons behind employee departures and gather insights, review and analyse data to identify themes that can guide improvement. | |
| Stay Surveys To assess employee satisfaction and engagement levels to better understand retention dynamics. | |
| Retention Resources aligned with the OD, Wellbeing and Culture Framework Develop and provide resources that support employee retention in alignment with CAVUHB OD Culture and Wellbeing Framework. | |
| NHS Wales Staff Survey Using data from the 2023 and 2024 surveys, identify areas of good practice and areas requiring attention regarding employee retention. | |
| Retention Reflections (Long Service Award) Engagement with employees who have or are due to receive their long service award to gather their reflections on their career journey, motivations for staying, and suggestions for improvement | |
| 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 | |
| Speaking Up Safely Resources, Toolkits and the Guardian Service | |
| Enhanced Flex working approaches | |
| Retention working group | |
| Staff Wellbeing support services and Staff MOT | |
| Development of a Power BI dashboard to easily access workforce data | |
| New starter surveys in MHLD | |
| Introduction of Lateral Moves in Morriston Service Group | |
| Flexible working group including sub groups (communications, training and declined requests) working in partnership with Trade Unions Colleagues | |
| Exit Interviews across all Service Groups | |
| EDI Networks and supporting national campaigns | |
| Development of staff experience wellbeing, and retention plans within Singleton and Neath Port Talbot Service Group | |
| Introduction of Restorative Clinical Supervision | |
| Professional Nurse Advocate Role | |
| Staff Retention Stories | |
| Established Wellbeing Champions Network | |
| Reintroduced Wellbeing Monthly Meetings within Primary Care | |
| 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 | |
| PADR Review | |
| Development of Interactive Digital Corporate Onboarding and Induction | |
| Organisational Mentoring and Coaching Guides | |
| Revitalisation of Nursing and Midwifery Forum | |
| Culture Champions Network | |
| Allyship Programme | |
| Active Bystander Programme | |
| Sexual Safety Guiding Principles | |
| EDI People Networks | |
| Inclusive Recruitment | |
| Management Essentials Interactive Guide for new Managers for Stepping into the Management Role |
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.
