- Conference
- 2007 Health Care Service Group Conference
- Date
- 18 December 2006
- Decision
- Carried
Conference notes the various Award schemes run by different NHS Employers to reward unbroken long service to its employees. These awards taking the form of vouchers, badges, meals, hampers and certificates presented at certain stages of what that particular employer deems as long service. Whilst this recognises the contribution and efforts of employees who have worked for the same NHS Employer all their working life Conference notes the lack of recognition of long service for employees who have worked for several NHS Employers throughout their working life.
This Conference instructs the Service Group Executive to urge the NHS Chief Executive to oversee the gathering of information from NHS Employers throughout the United Kingdom to produce a database of employees still working for the NHS after 20 years service and to produce a suitable award that recognises individuals long service to the NHS at 20, 25 and 30 years onwards.
An appropriate way forward for this purpose would be to utilise the NHS electronic staff records.