- Conference
- 2011 Health Care Service Group Conference
- Date
- 30 November 2010
- Decision
- Carried
This conference welcomes the UNISON survey of young workers in the NHS on the subject of career progression and attitudes to employment and future employment prospects in the service.
This conference notes that while interim results indicate many young workers have positive experiences of employment and training, 60% of respondents feel they do not have good career prospects in the NHS.
This conference believes that
(i)in the current economic climate that job security and protecting our services must be our priorities;
(ii)the service needs to attract and retain young people, and one means of doing this is through providing improved job security, career planning and progression opportunities;
(iii)that career planning and career progression are not only of benefit to workers, but also allow for employers to allocate and plan staff resources accordingly – especially important in the context of budget cuts and changes in legislation.
This conference calls on the Health Care Service Group Executive to:
1) ensure that issues of career planning and career progression are addressed in the ‘Our NHS Our Future’ campaign;
2) repeat the survey of young workers in the NHS in 2013 and 2015 to help assess the impact of legislative and budget changes and identify any trends.