Health On The Line Insights into the NHS Staff Survey findings
Mar 25, 2026
Jack Sansum, Assistant Director of Neighbourhood Health, outlines a flexible Neighbourhood Health Framework focused on local delivery. Dean Royles, interim chief executive of NHS Employers, explores the NHS Staff Survey findings: rising burnout and falling morale, mixed signs on compassionate leadership, workplace violence and racism, links between staff experience and performance, and new mandatory staff standards.
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Framework Is Permissive But Leaves Key Questions
- The neighbourhood health framework is permissive and acknowledges non-NHS partners are essential for delivery.
- Unresolved issues remain around funding flows, contracts, governance and who convenes at neighbourhood level.
Drive Neighbourhood Health Through Local Flexibility
- Shape neighbourhood health implementation with local partnerships and flexible models, not one-size-fits-all mandates.
- Use health and wellbeing boards to define neighbourhood geographies and scale integrated neighbourhood teams for frailty and multimorbidity.
Staff Survey Offers Unrivalled Longitudinal Insight
- The NHS staff survey is the largest staff survey globally, giving rich year-on-year data about workforce sentiment.
- Around 760,000 responses across ~15 years let leaders benchmark local changes and researchers analyse trends.