Yeovil District Hospital Named As A Top UK Employer, UK

Main Category: Nursing / Midwifery
Article Date: 05 Mar 2008 - 3:00 PDT

email to a friend   printer friendly   view / write opinions   rate article

Yeovil District Hospital is 'one of the best organisations in the UK for nurses to work' according to the Nursing Times.

The NHS Foundation Trust has been rated by its own nurses as an excellent place to work in the Nursing Times Top 100 awards. Run in association with NHS Employers, the judges analysed questionnaires returned by the Trust and its nurses and compared them with other responses from not just NHS employers but those from the independent health sector, charitable organisations, care homes and the armed forces - in fact anywhere nurses work across the UK.

The judging criteria included how valued nurses feel for the jobs they do; how well the employer manages training and development, whether it is a family-friendly employer and has flexible working arrangements to encourage staff retention and its policies to promote equality and diversity.

In a letter to Yeovil District Hospital, Rachel Downey, Editor of the Nursing Times said: "This is a tremendous achievement which reflects extremely well on your employment practices and is a reflection of how your employees feel about their place of work. We had a huge number of entries both from the NHS and the private sector and you can be justly proud to be included in the Top 100."

Director of Nursing, Alison Moon said: "We are all delighted to have been selected as one of the UK's top nurse employers. But we are not complacent and are continually listening to what our staff have to say to ensure we continue in the right direction."

Yeovil District Hospital
Nursing Times