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. And back our pledge to Get Ahead on Flex and make sure that every NHS employee has a consistent, positive experience of flexible working.
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24 March 2026
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals developed a flexible working toolkit to embed a flexible working culture across the Trust. Senior People Business Partner Laura Fawcett explains the work they’re doing to shift the dial and support colleagues to balance their home and work lives, whilst delivering high quality services.
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12 March 2026
Aliya Rehman from NHS Employers outlines the new cultural movement, ‘Think Flex First’ to build flexibility and choice by default, from day one, for all NHS staff.
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6 March 2026
The joint NHS unions issued a call to employers today to make flexible working the norm to deliver better patient care and help resolve the staffing crisis.
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