Pam Case, senior project manager, and Claire Wilson, project lead, from South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board share how they are supporting colleagues to increase T Level industry placement provision across their system. They reflect on the importance of early engagement with education providers, the benefits of tailoring support for different organisations and the importance of creating a network, with relevant sub-groups, to encourage others to offer T Level industry placements.

Sue Howard, head of workforce development and Phil Pennill, programme manager, both from Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board join us to discuss how they are upscaling T Level industry placements across their system. In this conversation, we explore the implementation and development of T Level industry placements in Greater Manchester, reflecting a city-wide effort to raise the profile of technical education and develop sustainable talent pipelines. Sue and Phil share the current T Level landscape, where it sits in the wider context and the challenges and opportunities in their work supporting industry placement expansion as an Integrated Care Board.

Mandy Tuckey, ICS apprenticeship and widening participation programme lead, and Kate Loram, ‘We Want You’ project support officer at One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (Gloucestershire ICS) join us to discuss how they are upscaling T Level industry placements across the system. The conversation explores the successful expansion of T Level industry placements, the ICS's strategic vision for the future and its commitment to strengthening the healthcare talent pipeline. Key themes include the power of collaboration with local colleges, providing tailored support to diverse organisations and navigating the challenges of implementation.

Shilpa Bhatt, apprenticeships and widening participation lead and interim retention lead at Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care System (BOB ICS) shares reflections on how the ICS supporting the upscaling of T Level Industry placements across the system.

This conversation explores the important role of job evaluation within the NHS, addressing the challenges and misconceptions that comes with it. Hosted by Chioma Ezenwoye, the discussion brings together Andrea Thomas and Louise Chinnery, co-chairs of the NHS Staff Council Job Evaluation Group. They highlight the importance of regularly updating job descriptions, ensuring fair pay, and fostering partnership working to drive effective job evaluation. The conversation also debunks common myths surrounding job evaluation and provides valuable resources for employers looking to improve their practices.

In this podcast, Stephen Weeks hosts a discussion with Claire Tierney and Cheryl Samuels about improving staff experience in NHS organisations. They explore various approaches, including the RISE framework at University Hospitals Leicester and flexible working initiatives at the Evelina Hospital. The conversation highlights the importance of continuous improvement, listening to staff feedback, and addressing inequalities in the workplace. Both leaders share insights on how their organisations have successfully implemented changes that enhance employee engagement and retention.

Colleagues reflect on the important equal pay case that was a turning point in the NHS, including the challenges and complexities the Whitley Council structures brought.

Colleagues provide an introduction to the old structures, and the practicalities of what they were like to navigate in practice.

Colleagues talk about the implementation of agenda for change and it brought about improved relationships with trade unions.

Reflections on the improvements made when the NHS moved over to the agenda for change system

Paul Deemer, head of Diversity and Inclusion at NHS Employers, discusses the importance of parity of esteem for SAS doctors within the NHS, highlighting the barriers they face and the opportunities for support and development. The conversation features insights from experts in the field, emphasizing the need for cultural change, better representation, and actionable frameworks like the SAS 6 to enhance the careers of SAS doctors. Joining Paul for the discussion are: Rob Fleming - SAS Specialist Anaesthetist, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Derek Thomas - Head of medical workforce, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Partha Kar - National Specialty Advisor in Diabetes, NHS England Vinita Shekar - SAS Surgeon in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninewell hospital, Dundee

In the first part of the conversation, we discuss how Great Western Hospital in Swindon introduced T Level industry placements in their maternity services. We explore how they implemented placements, the feedback from staff and the areas in which students can work.

In the second part of the conversation, we discuss how the placement experience has changed over time to best support the young people on placement. We hear about the next steps for students after completing their placements, and how their recruitment process ensures they get the best candidates. We finish the conversation with top tips from our speakers.

North East Ambulance Service and the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion discuss hidden disabilities and share insights on how to support NHS staff in their roles.

International Nurse Retention by NHS Employers

For our final episode we are joined by Naomi Stanford, Organisation Design author & consultant who brings a wealth of experience in both organisation development, and organisation design which she has written at length on. Naomi talks about the impact of hybrid working and how we can hold space to explore the fundamental question of what work is and how we can reconsider what is important using design principles to shape our workplaces.

Vilma Nikolaidou the Associate Director of HR from University of the Arts London joins us for our fourth episode. Vilma shares her experience of doing OD in the higher education sector in a time of hybrid working, growing inequality and short term thinking. Vilma talks about how we can hold the tension between complexity and simplicity when we all have very little headspace, and how being in service of others is key to the future of OD in our ever changing workplaces.

In 2020, when COVID struck, Alder Hey’s response to the pandemic and to the support offered to staff had been shaped by events of 2018 and a case involving a young boy with an incurable neurogenerative condition. Steven Weeks, policy manager at NHS Employers, spoke to staff about the new approach the Trust adopted following the case and how it helped support staff during the pandemic.

In this episode we hear from Mee-Yan Cheung Judge and Linda Holbeche, friends of Do OD and authors of our favourite handbook: Organisation Development. On the release of the third edition, Mee-Yan and Linda join us to talk about the big changes happening in the world of work. With changing technology and widening inequality, how can we create work that amplifies the best of humanity? They talk about power, politics and the courage needed to make a difference when the scale and intensity of change continues to increase.

Sheena Cartwright is a thought leader in Gestalt OD and an experienced OD consultant. Sheena joins us to explore the practice of OD through the lens of Gestalt Theory. In a time when there is too much going on, how do we take a step back to notice the patterns that stand out so we can calibrate our response in the best way? Sheena talks about the power of intention and how we can use our presence to nudge systems forward…even if it means we don’t get flowers at the end.