South East
Find out more about the South East SPF
The South East (SE) SPF comprises 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.