North West
The North West branch has welcomed a number of new members to the Committee, including a new Branch Chair, Claire Scrafton, and Deputy Chair, Adam Harrison-Moran. Our NW Branch Committee has a renewed drive to deliver a branch offer to members which promotes the people profession in its entirety. Blending existing and new members to the Committee has resulted in the branch going from strength to strength. The Committee members are excited by the continued development of a North Academy and look forward to working to support its development, and that the offers from the national academy and branch, complement and enhance each other’s specific focus.
Branch meetings are held quarterly, and in the North West these are supplemented by the Liaison Officers from each of the member organisations who meet bi-monthly to discuss and contribute to the current and future programme, including emerging themes throughout the year where the HPMA could provide support to its members.
The branch has developed a core offer that builds on the traditional HR and OD provision and extends into a People Professional offer – targeted at all levels. This more planned way of working has enabled the branch to successfully market the work of the HPMA across the North West, resulting in all workshops being sponsored and delivered by independent providers, who provide their time and experience to support the work of the HPMA. In addition to the employment law events provided by a panel of legal organisations, the branch has expanded the programme to include support across all people functions to now offer events and training covering e.g. Equality Diversity & Inclusion, Resourcing, Workforce intelligence & Analytics, OD and Career conversations, and is developing and piloting a professional support framework for the people profession that could in the future be shared nationally.
The branch continues to explore social media communication to raise awareness of the value of HPMA membership and especially that of the NW Branch.
Our aim is to support and develop People Professionals, from all parts of the healthcare people function. Supporting People Professionals could include, for example, Organisational Development; Human Resources; Payroll; Pensions; Recruitment; Bank and Agency Teams; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Workforce Informatics & Intelligence; Staff Engagement; Widening Participation Teams; Training and Learning; Occupational Health & Wellbeing; Mental Wellbeing;;Clinical Education, Medical Education and Medical Staffing to improve the people management contribution in healthcare and ultimately improve patient care.
Our objectives are:
- To provide diverse and inclusive development sessions for all People Professionals which enhance their competence and capabilities across member organisations.
- To horizon scan and adopt a future focused people management offer.
- To provide networking opportunities to enable the sharing of best practice in people management.
- To create collaboration opportunities across the region.
- To maintain current membership and attract new members.
- To support the development of the North Academy.
- To utilise our resources in the most cost-effective way.
Hashtag: #connectingourpeople”
