NHS Providers

NHS Providers is a membership organization dedicated to supporting the NHS hospital, mental health, community, and ambulance services in England. They represent the interests of their members, which include all trusts in England, collectively accounting for £124 billion in annual expenditure and employing 1.5 million people. NHS Providers aims to enable high-quality care for patients and service users, while reducing health inequalities, by supporting members to work collaboratively within and across local health and care systems.

The organization works through three key objectives: Influence, Voice, and Support. Through influencing, they shape the environment and culture in which their members operate, focusing on areas like finances, quality, workforce, governance, and regulation. They act as a collective voice for NHS providers, championing their interests in the media, government, and the wider health and care community. Lastly, they support members to drive improvement and innovation through effective shared development, support, and learning.

NHS Providers offers hybrid working arrangements for most roles, allowing employees to work one to three days in the office each week. This flexibility provides staff with a balance between in-person collaboration and the benefits of working from home.

NHS Providers offers a competitive benefits package for its employees, including 25 days of annual leave plus two additional days off at Christmas, personal development training and memberships to professional bodies, study leave, "help another" leave day, service-related leave, the potential to purchase up to five extra days of leave per year, enhanced maternity and paternity leave pay, a season ticket loan for travel, access to life insurance and a dental plan, an enhanced pension scheme, annual health checks and flu jabs, eye tests, a cycle-to-work scheme, health and wellbeing initiatives, and access to the employee assistance programme, a confidential counselling service.

NHS Providers is a membership organization for the NHS hospital, mental health, community, and ambulance services in England. They aim to enable high-quality care for patients and service users and reduce health inequalities by supporting members to work collaboratively within and across local health and care systems. They achieve this through three main objectives: influencing policy and the environment in which their members operate, providing a collective voice for NHS providers, and supporting their members to drive improvement and innovation through shared development and learning.

NHS Providers cultivates a culture centered on respect, inclusion, collaboration, and effectiveness. They promote open communication, constructive debate, and valuing diverse perspectives. They actively champion anti-racism and strive to create a safe space where all staff members feel valued and supported, enabling them to thrive and contribute their best to the organization. This collaborative and high-performing environment aims to deliver professional, high-quality work that positively impacts the health and care services they support.

NHS Providers is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. They have developed a comprehensive anti-racism action plan with a strong focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (EDI) across all their operations, including recruitment, training, and events. They actively seek out and redress racism, strive for equality and justice, and embed this thinking in all of their processes, policies, outputs, and interactions.