Agenda Item 12.4

Our People - People Priorities

Public Board Meeting

23rd May 2019

Presented for: Information

Presented by: Jenny Lewis, Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development

Author: Jenny Lewis, Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development

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Key points

The Board is asked to review and discuss progress against the key People Priorities.

For discussion and review

Trust Goals

The best for patient safety, quality and experience ✓

The best place to work ✓

A centre for excellence for research, education and innovation ✓

Seamless integrated care across organisational boundaries ✓

Financial sustainability ✓

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1. Summary This paper provides an update on the following:

• The development and refresh of the Trust’s People Priorities.

• The refreshed Leeds Way Values and Behaviours.

• A new performance dashboard for the People Priorities.

• A refreshed Board assurance framework.

2. People Priorities The Trust Board approved the overarching People Strategy and the five supporting chapters (plans) in March 2015. Good progress has been made against the strategy and plans (Workforce Plan, Volunteer Plan, Staff Engagement Plan, Talent and Leadership Plan and Training & Education Plan), however, it was considered that it was an appropriate time to review the Workforce Priorities in support of our ambition to be “the best place to work” and to support the contribution of our people to the delivery of our vision and goals over the next few years. Following a process of internal consultation, a revised and updated set of people priorities have been developed and these are detailed in Appendix A. It is intended that in future the Board will receive reports in relation to the People Priorities. The performance targets associated with the priorities are intended to be stretching but achievable and it is intended that they will remain in place for at least five years. In some cases, a 12-month improvement target has been set and in others a 5-year ambition has been set.

3. Leeds Way Values and Behaviours Similarly, it has been some time since the Trust established our Leeds Way Values and the associated behaviours. More recently the Leeds Improvement Method (LIM) has also been introduced into our everyday work and this has an associated set of respectful behaviours which we’ve been working to in our improvement work. It was, therefore, considered appropriate to bring these two sets of behaviours together and consult staff to decide which ones best reflect the Leeds Way and would be the right ones for us to use in the future. A survey was sent to all staff to seek their views and nearly 800 staff responded. The results of the survey and the updated values and behaviours are shown at Appendix B.

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4. People Priorities Dashboard A People Priorities Dashboard has been developed in order that progress against the seven People Priorities can be tracked and monitored. It is intended to use this in all future Board Reports and also to use the dashboard internally at other levels within the organisation. For example, a People Priorities Dashboard will be produced for each CSU. The People Priorities Dashboard is shown in the presentation at Appendix C. For some of the priorities further work is required to establish a baseline and target for improvement.

5. Board Assurance Framework A Board Assurance Framework has been produced to detail how the Board will receive assurance in relation to the People Priorities and agreed KPIs for workforce issues. In developing the assurance framework, we have worked within the existing structure of Sub-Committees to the Board. However, as a consequence the agendas of the Sub-Committee may need to change to incorporate some new items. For example, the Finance and Performance Sub-Committee now receives a quarterly workforce report. The Board Assurance Framework is shown at Appendix D and details future, as opposed to existing, reporting arrangements. Where there are KPIs which are not considered by a Sub-Committee of the Board it is intended that these will be reported to the Board directly, however, these arrangements will be kept under review. A timetable for reporting specific items to the Board is currently under development.

6. Financial Implications and Risk Consideration of the financial implications associated with delivery of the various programmes underpinning the People Priorities are detailed through the various work programmes. Risks associated with each programme are managed through the People/HR Risk Register.

7. Communication and Involvement Strong communication and engagement plans underpin the delivery of the People Priorities and the supporting plans. Existing communications mechanisms are being utilised to achieve this.

8. Equality Analysis Equality considerations are at the heart of the People Priorities and the People Priorities are fully aligned to the key objectives of the Equality & Diversity Strategy.

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9. Publication under the Freedom of Information Act This paper is made available under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

10. Recommendation The Trust Board is asked to note the new People Priorities and new the new arrangements for Board reporting. Feedback relating to the content of this report and the appended presentations is also welcomed. Jenny Lewis, Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development May 2019

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Appendix A

People Priorities & Measures Presentation

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Appendix B

The Leeds Way Values and Behaviours

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Appendix C

Performance Dashboard

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Appendix D

Assurance Framework

See separate spreadsheet