We know that happy and engaged staff lead to better outcomes for our patients so it is important that we listen to staff experiences.  The NHS Staff Survey is a great measure of how staff are feeling and the FFF Finance Leadership Group have been looking at the data for finance directorates.  Through our analysis we have been learning from organisations that have scored highly and those that have improved from previous years to put together resources to help make NHS finance a great place to work.

Our 2025 comparison tool is now available to access below, it contains the results of 198 finance directorates.  If your organisation is not in the sample, it is because the finance scores were not available publicly on the staff survey local results website here.  Please note that in our sample some finance directorates scores might be wider than finance where other teams sit under the CFO but we believe it is still a representative sample of staff experiences.

For 2025 ‘We are always learning’ once again is the lowest scoring people promise, we know that this is largely due to appraisals so we have created a guide for meaningful appraisals that can be accessed below along with other resources to help improve staff experiences.

The FFF Finance Leadership Group will be looking at the scores further over the couple of months so key an eye on this page for further analysis, showcases and resources.

All data was copied manually from the staff survey website, every effort was made to collect this accurately however if you notice anything that doesn’t look right please let us know and we will update accordingly.