South East
Find out more about the South East SPF
The South East (SE) SPF was set up by employers, trade unions and NHS Employers' South engagement team.
Priorities for 2025/26
- The impact of infrastructure changes, including the 10 Year Health Plan and refresh of the 10 Year Workforce Plan on the workforce and at provider and system level.
- A continued constructive partnership approach to job evaluation and national release of updated profiles.
- Reducing discrimination, violence and abuse against staff with a focus on how to support staff with raising concerns and ensure they feel confident their concerns will be dealt with.
- Maintaining strong, effective and proactive partnership working to support the challenges of the infrastructure/organisational changes ahead.
Achievements in 2024/25
- We continued to share and learn from best practice case studies, including insights from employers making positive progress on staff survey results, violence prevention and aggression reduction strategies.
- We continued a constructive partnership with the regional NHS England workforce team through ongoing engagement with the head of workforce planning and intelligence on strategic workforce matters.
- We reaffirmed our commitment to working in partnership on key strategic priorities, including revision and agreement of the terms of reference.
Meet the team
- Trade union co-chair – David McMullen, Regional Organiser, GMB
- Trade union co-chair – Frank Minal, Industrial Relations Officer, BMA
- Management co-chair – Caroline Julien, Chief People Officer, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Management co-chair – Sandra Goatley, Chief People Officer, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
Terms of reference
Read the South East SPF terms of reference - published March 2025.
