We are delighted to confirm that our 2nd annual HPMA Cymru and HEIW sponsored Developing the People Profession Autumn Conference will be taking place on Tuesday 7th November 2023 at a venue in Southeast Wales (venue to be confirmed). Book your place at the conference! This conference is for the NHS Wales People Profession Community, and we are keen to ensure the event reflects your needs as a community. Have your say about what you would like to see on the agenda. The post NHS Wales People Profession- Events for your Calendar appeared first on HPMA ..read more

The HPMA Cymru Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on Friday 12 May 2023. The AGM was recorded and is now available to view via the HPMA Cymru YouTube channel. The post HPMA Cymru Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2023- video now available to view appeared first on HPMA ..read more

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week this week, 15th – 21st May 2023, and we are encouraged to share our stories as well as do our best to support those around us. Did you know that 1 in 6 of us are affected by mental health problems every week? Our CEO, Nicky Ingham, bravely shared her journey back in 2019 on a podcast with Ian Pettigrew of Kingfisher Coaching (@KingfisherCoach). You can listen to the full podcast here. Below, she writes about her experience and why she chose to share it. If you would like to get involved in Mental Health Awareness Week, look here for resources, here to order a ..read more

HPMA Cymru, in conjunction with NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership- Legal & Risk Services Employment Team, will be holding 2 Employment Law Conferences during May 2023. Please see below for further details and how to book your place. South Wales Conference WHEN: 9 May 2023 WHERE: All Nations Centre, Cardiff Book your place on the South Wales Conference here. North Wales Conference WHEN: 10 May 2023 WHERE: Oriel Hotel, St Asaph Book your place on the North Wales Conference here. The post HPMA Cymru Spring Employment Law Conference dates announced appeared first on HPMA ..read more

Our bilingual Spring newsletter has been published and is now available to read. Find out about the latest HPMA Cymru news which includes information on programmes, upcoming events, workshops and much more! View below: HPMA Cymru Newsletter Spring 2023 HPMA Cymru Newsletter Cymraeg Spring 2023 The post HPMA Cymru newsletter now available to view appeared first on HPMA ..read more

We are delighted to launch the application pack for this year’s ASPIRE Business Partner Programme.   This programme is for HR and OD Professionals which have been identified as having the potential and the ambition to move into a Business Partner role in the next 12 months. Participants should also be from HPMA London Academy member organisations. The programme is not open to existing Business Partners however, is open to Associate Business Partners. We anticipate that the applicants will be currently in a band 6 or 7 role. Applicants will be required to have the support of their line man ..read more

This year, in order to recognise the emergence of Integrated Care Boards and the growing emphasis on whole system collaboration, we decided to introduce the Award for Systems Workforce Planning and Development.  I believe that for workforce planning and development to be effective it needs to take account of the needs of the whole health and care sector and its workforce in planning for the future by taking a ‘one workforce’ approach across the NHS, primary care, social care and the voluntary, independent and charity sectors.  Whilst recognising that this work is extremely challengi ..read more

As Dean Royles wishes a fond farewell to his time as HPMA President, it’s time to welcome our new Co-Presidents, Sarah Morley and Janet Wilkinson! Sarah and Janet have worked together as HPMA Trustees for many years and, as they will now be sharing the role of HPMA President, have decided to co-write their first Presidents’ blog together so you can get to know them. You can read each of their entries below to find out more about their personal and professional backgrounds, what they plan to bring to their role as Co-Presidents, and why they love the People Profession! Sarah Morley: Hi I’m Sar ..read more

We are delighted to launch the application pack for this year’s Aspiring Deputy Director talent pool. If you have the ambition and the ability to become a Deputy Director in the next three years, this is a fantastic opportunity for you to achieve this aim. The HPMA London Academy talent pool is an award winning programme, enabling you to design a tailored development plan to gain the competencies, skills and behaviours to become a Deputy Director. This is a well established and highly regarded approach to talent management for the people profession and a significant proportion of those attendi ..read more

I hope my final blog as President of the HPMA doesn’t come across as too reflective or with too much of a perspective of rose tinted glasses. I have always been someone who tries to be optimistic and to look forward rather than backwards. As President I hope I have highlighted the range of talent, skills and experience that as so evident in our profession and that serve our staff, patients and service users so diligently. It will be four years in April since I became President of the HPMA and I think we can all agree these last few years have been a character building few years for the NHS peo ..read more