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<p>The Department is committed to working in partnership with its arm’s length bodies,
National Health Service organisations, trade unions and staff to deliver its manifesto
commitment to tackle rates of bullying which are too high.</p><p>Ministers commissioned
the national Social Partnership Forum (SPF) to tackle bullying. The SPF approach to
‘Creating positive workplace cultures and tackling bullying in the NHS - a collective
call to action’ is entering its third year. Further information is available at the
following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.socialpartnershipforum.org/priority-areas/creating-positive-workplace-cultures-and-tackling-bullying-in-the-nhs-a-collective-call-to-action/"
target="_blank">https://www.socialpartnershipforum.org/priority-areas/creating-positive-workplace-cultures-and-tackling-bullying-in-the-nhs-a-collective-call-to-action/</a></p><p>The
forthcoming People Plan is also expected to include actions to tackle bullying which
will complement existing good practice already in place across the NHS and promoted
via SPF’s “collective call to action” and other initiatives such as the Alliance of
organisations committed to tackling bullying, recently launched and led by the Royal
College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists,
the National Guardian, the UK Health Departments and many others. The Alliance advocates
kindness and respect in selecting staff with the right values and building kindness
and respect into staff training and development throughout their careers.</p><p> </p><p>Note:
The SPF brings together NHS Employers, NHS Trade Unions, NHS England, Health Education
England, NHS Improvement and the Department to discuss and debate the development
and implementation of the workforce implications of policy.</p>
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