SPF Bulletin - February 2026
Find out about the latest work, updates and events from the national and regional SPFs.
The SPF Bulletin features monthly updates and forward plans from the national SPF groups, subgroups and regional SPFs, alongside the latest workforce resources, guidance and events across health and care.
Highlights in the February bulletin include:
- Updates from this quarter’s SPF Strategic Group meeting and four dedicated workshops enabling the SPF to feed into the development of the NHS 10 Year Workforce Plan.
- Updates from the most recent NHS Staff Standards task and finish group meeting.
- Updates from this month’s SPF Workforce Issues Group meeting.
- Key insights from this month’s dedicated SPF transforming people services workshop.
- A blog from the co-chairs of our Violence Reduction Oversight Group, updating on the group’s progress towards the actions identified in our Ways to tackle and reduce violence against NHS staff report.
- Updates from recent regional SPF meetings.
- Campaign resources to support the NHS trade unions’ upcoming Get Ahead on Flex pledge.
- NHS Employers Think Flex First webinar on 5 March – still open for bookings.
- Enter the new NHS Excellence Awards before 6 March.
- NHS Employers relaunched the Sickness Absence Toolkit.
- NHSE’s new NHS People Profession resource library.
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