Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, said:<\/a> \u201cWe want everyone who works at Bolton to feel supported in their role. Our support group is about creating psychologically safe spaces where staff feel comfortable to share their experiences, needs and to build connections with other colleagues.\n<\/p>\n\n \u201cTheir feedback is helping us to adapt our working environments to better meet individual needs and their voices are helping to shape wider organisational changes, such as our Reasonable Adjustments process.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to see the positive changes we\u2019re making as an organisation being recognised nationally through being shortlisted for this excellence award.\n<\/p>\n
\n Feedback highlights staff feel safe and valued, with many describing their attendance at sessions as a safe space where they can be themselves.\n<\/p>\n
\n This change was reflected in the Trust\u2019s latest Staff Survey results:\n<\/p>\n
\n – \u201cWe are compassionate and inclusive\u201d rose to 7.40, significantly above the sector average of 7.21.\n<\/p>\n
\n – \u201cWe each have a voice that counts\u201d increased to 6.80, outperforming the sector average of 6.67.\n<\/p>\n
\n – \u201cWe are recognised and rewarded\u201d improved to 6.12, exceeding the sector average of 5.93.\n<\/p>\n
\n James added:\u201d We know there is always more we can be doing to make sure our staff have the support and resources they need to thrive at work, but these results demonstrate that we\u2019re already making great progress in creating a more inclusive and supportive workplace, with a measurable impact on employee experience and engagement.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Birmingham on Tuesday 20 November 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bolton NHS\u00a0 Foundation Trust has set up a Neurodiversity Support Group to create a more understanding workplace .…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[105,4348,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-340180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115019451168661893","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}