Flexible working can help us all make the NHS work better. Flexible roles make it easier to attract people to work in NHS jobs, and improve wellbeing for existing staff, so they don’t need to leave. Ultimately, it all adds up to better patient care.
The NHS unions are leading this campaign to help inspire staff and managers across the health service to start a conversation about flexible working, and find the flex that works for them.
Use this site to find out more about flexible working rights, different options, and how people are finding the joy of flex in the NHS right now.
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3 June 2025
Leandre Archer, Head of Industrial Relations at the Society of Radiographers, recently hosted a fringe session at their Annual Delegates Conference to hear directly from people about their experience of flexible working in the NHS…
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6 May 2025
Nursing is the lowest paid of all graduate professions in the NHS. Alongside a difference in pay, anecdotally we see issues with nurses and nursing support workers being forced to take lower paid roles despite having years of experience.
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24 March 2025
How many people know that workers on zero-hours contracts don’t just deliver their takeaways, but their healthcare too? Over 150,000 NHS colleagues in England alone do their jobs solely through NHS Banks.
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