Welsh Partnership Hub (WP-HUB)

The home of partnership working within NHS Wales
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Welsh Partnership Hub (WP-HUB)

Welcome to the Welsh Partnership Hub. The Hub provides a one-stop shop for partnership working within NHS Wales. It’s the home of NHS Terms and Conditions, All Wales W&OD policies and other products and resources that have been develop in partnership under the guidance and direction of the Welsh Partnership Forum.

The Welsh Partnership Hub WP-HUB has been created to provide a central source of information and resources developed and agreed in social partnership. The WP-HUB is intended to support effective and consistent application of pay, terms and conditions, including improvements agreed as part of national negotiations, policies agreed in partnership as well as core terms and conditions.

When specific areas or terms and conditions are agreed across England and Wales, this will be under the auspices of the NHS Staff Council.

In these circumstances the WP-HUB will link to relevant NHS Employers pages.

There is the facility to contact NHS Wales Employers and the opportunity to feedback on the content of the WP-HUB at the bottom of this page.

Welsh Partnership Forum

Welsh Partnership Forum (WPF)

A description of the NHS Wales or Welsh Partnership Forum (WPF) structure, membership, meetings and work undertaken
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Welsh Partnership Forum Business Committee Membership, Meetings and Documentation

WPF BC Membership, Meetings and Documentation

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Welsh Partnership Forum - Medical and Dental Business Group

Description of the Medical & Dental Business Group (MDBG), Membership, Meetings and work undertaken
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Agenda for Change (W) Pay, Terms and Conditions

Information on the Agenda for Change Pay, Terms and Conditions of service for staff in NHS Wales.

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Medical and Dental (W) - Pay, Terms and Conditions of Service

Key Information related to Pay, Terms and Conditions for Medical & Dental staff at all levels of practice
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All Wales Employment Policy, Procedures and Protocols

Employment policies etc. in the NHS in Wales. How to feedback to improve policies etc. How to refer issues from Local Partnership Forum (LPFs)
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Agenda for Change (Wales) - Job Evaluation

Job Evaluation (JE) is a key part of the Agenda for Change pay system that covers over one million NHS staff.
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Guidance

NHS Wales Approach to Flexible Working

This page gives overview of the NHS Wales Approach to Flexible Working.

13 July 2023
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Using Flexible Retirement to Improve Retention

How to support staff to work flexibly using the new flexible retirement options being introduced this year.
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Guidance

Speaking Up Safely Framework

An overview of the speaking up safely framework.

20 September 2023

Specialty and Associate Specialist (SAS) Doctors (Wales) - Charter

SAS Charter and associated Guidance
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Guidance

NHS Wales guidance for managers - supporting employees on long term sickness absence with a diagnosis of post-COVID-19 syndrome

NHS Wales guidance for managers on supporting employees on long term sickness absence with a diagnosis of post-COVID-19 syndrome.

10 June 2022
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Guidance

Guidance to Support Individuals with Long COVID-19 to Return to Work & Guidance to Support Individuals who are asymptomatic but test positive

Updated All Wales Guidance

31 October 2023

All Wales Mileage Protocol

Agreed Protocol to increase mileage reimbursement costs to address increased costs of fuel.

Medical and Dental Staff - Industrial Action 2023-2024 (Updated 9th April 2024)

This page provides guidance and agreed processes relating to potential and/or actual industrial action by Medical and Dental Staff in NHS Wales

Policy (including Terms and Conditions of Service) Interpretation - Dispute Referral

There is a joint commitment to fair and consistent application of All Wales Terms and Conditions of Service and Policy. However, it is recognised that there may be times when terms/wording are interpreted differently at local level.

  • If a situation arises where there is a disagreement over the interpretation of an agreed policy within an NHS organisation the following process will be observed:
  • The parties within an NHS Wales organisation must seek to resolve the issue locally;
  • Should the matter remain unresolved, following partnership discussions in the organisation, it must be referred to the LPF outlining why it has not been possible to resolve the matter locally; 
  • Should the LPF agree that the matter cannot be resolved locally, a joint employer/TU submission should be made by the LPF to Welsh.Partnershiphub@wales.nhs.uk outlining the area requiring clarification/resolution.
  • This will then be considered by the joint (employer/TU) chairs of the WPF and a response provided through NHS Wales Employers.

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