We engaged with 600 key health and wellbeing influencers within the NHS at six virtual events to support NHS England’s agenda to develop leaders’ skills in improving staff wellbeing.
Background
The NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) was approached to support NHS England’s National Wellbeing Team to deliver virtual events to Wellbeing Guardians, wellbeing leads, HR, organisational development (OD) and occupational health professionals.
Action
We delivered six successful, virtual events.
Holding weekly project management meetings with the client, we provided support and advice before, during and after each event. Our experience and expertise in engagement and events meant we were able to:
-Advice on different event types, including live streams and interactive events
-Professional speaker management and pre-event briefings for speakers and facilitators
-Resource development, including slide decks, facilitator support packs and post-event resources and reporting
-Technical support, including managing breakout rooms and using interactive feedback capture mechanisms such as Mentimeter and Jamboard.
Impact
We swiftly provided dedicated support for the project leads with skills and experience covering staff experience, engagement and communications.
We quickly built a great rapport with the client team and the event speakers. This resulted in us hosting and managing meaningful engagement events with over 600 HR and OD professionals. Developing their own knowledge and contributions which have shaped future focus and priorities at both regional and national level.
The events included:
-Three masterclasses for Wellbeing Guardians, wellbeing, HR, OD and occupational health leads
-One live stream event launching the NHS Wellbeing Framework, with insights from senior and influential speakers in health and social care
-Two workshop for violence prevention leads, marking the start of a community network
-Targeted wellbeing focus sessions on emerging topics.
“We have really enjoyed working with you on our virtual events, which thanks to your knowledge and skills have been delivered successfully.
“We’ve had some great feedback about how interactive and engaging they were and acknowledge that this was down to your support and steer in helping to shape it that way. We also found the resources you provided really useful, especially the facilitator support guide.”
Kath Marginson | Project Manager, NHS England
“I just wanted to say a personal thank you for all your advice, support and wisdom in the planning and running of the Health and Wellbeing Launch event today. It really helped knowing that you were in control! The feedback we have received so far has been excellent.”
Michelle Gibson | Health and Wellbeing Manager, NHS England