Supporting our Staff

This resource aims to signpost available support, highlight case studies of best practice examples and suggest what our leaders and Line Managers can do to support their colleagues.

Organisational change and restructures can be challenging for staff, leading to uncertainty, anxiety, and potentially changes in roles. Have a look here to see some things we hope might help during challenging times.

A initiative designed to support finance teams with the tools, resources, and shared knowledge they need to navigate recovery confidently and collaboratively. This page brings together a bank of guides, templates and tools covering everything from the fundamentals such as run rates, forecasting, and cost improvement to more advanced planning, assurance-based reporting, and communication strategies.

There are a range of programmes, networks and membership organisations that all work together to help you develop your careers, helping to ensure you have the skills needed to face the challenges of today’s NHS and make NHS finance a great place to work. In this document we outline what each does and how to get involved.

Find out about all our upcoming free Wellbeing Workshops with the Roots Academy, designed to help improve your mental and physical health.

In this document we have collated good practice and ideas from colleagues and organisations to provide a guide on what a good induction for new employees could look like. We hope that you will find this useful when planning for new staff joining the organisation.

An employee resource to support staff who are due to go on parental leave. Including case studies providing lived experiences from colleagues within the NHS finance community.

Access a range physical and mental health wellbeing resources to help support you and your colleagues.

To benefit those who are going through organisational change we can arrange a mock interview for you. Find out how to request an interview and how to sign up as an interviewer here.

Please find our NHS Staff Survey interactive comparison tool for 2025 NHS staff survey results for finance here.

We have put together a guide on what a good appraisal process should entail, including practical tips to enhance the processes significance for both staff and line managers.

This resource guide produced by the South West RFA offers pracital tips, work plans and advice to help you and your colleagues cope with stress.

A resource pack is now available for you to download, helping you get Hybrid Working right in your organisation

Local Councils offer wellbeing support for workplaces that you may be able to access through your organisation.

Our champions can help us to understand how staff are feeling on the ground so we can develop our offerings/programmes in line with what our finance teams need.

If your career needs a boost, check out our development programmes. Whatever your role in NHS finance, we can help you achieve more.