Take Part in 100 Conversations

Join the Avoiding Harm campaign!

Our #AvoidingHarm programme has launched with an ambitious drive to prevent the harm caused by disciplinary processes – and we’re asking you to make your organisation a part of it.

We’re calling on you to start 100 conversations in our NHS organisations on how we can improve disciplinary processes and avoid the harm they can cause. And the good news is, whatever your role, we have the tools for you to take it forward – with plenty of resources and articles to inspire and equip you available right here.

We’re asking you to initiate conversations with your HR functions, executive teams and boards using our new discussion paper: ‘When we do harm’. It furnishes you with practical tools and ways to begin discussing the avoidable harm that can be caused through employee investigations and how you can address it.

Then we’d like you to feed back here so that we can share ideas, experiences and come together as an Avoiding Harm community with impact.

Please explore the resources, blogs and papers collated here. And why not join colleagues from your HPMA branch area at one of our online seminars discussing how to improve the process for the benefit of your workforce and organisation too?

“Our new ‘Avoiding Harm’ programme has been created to help colleagues take a fresh look at how we deliver our policies and our practice as HR professionals. The ‘When we do harm’ discussion paper has been produced to help organisations consider the impact of employee investigations and changes that they may need to make.
Personally, I realise that I’ve made decisions – often driven by the process and training – which failed to consider the person at the heart of the investigation and the impact it could have on colleagues and the wider organisation. I know many of my colleagues feel the same way.
I hope that our members will use the paper to support conversations within their organisations, as we continue to develop and improve our people practices.”

Julie Rogers, Chief Executive of the HPMA

News from around the branches

We caught up with colleagues at the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust to find out what they covered when they participated in HPMA’s 100 Conversations campaign to improve employee investigations.

Four quick steps to help you take part

1. Arrange a meeting with your HR team (or even consider an exec or board discussion, on how this work fits into a wider focus on culture).

2. Share the When we do harm as a focus for your conversation.

3. Use the questions in the paper and the video resources to plan your session.

4. Hold the meeting and capture your top three reflections and actions to share with us in this quick survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6TRZY3R

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