Links & resources
Guides, toolkits and useful links
- Learn more about flexible working options
- Get inspiration from our examples of flexible working
- Find information from your union on flexible working
- Read UNISON's guide to flexible working in the NHS
- Use the NHS Staff Council flexible working toolkit
- Guide to making flexible working requests flowchart
- NHS Staff Council Flexible Working Frequently Asked Questions
- NHS England FutureNHS Flexible Working workspace (NHS login required)
- Working families charity
- Acas
- NHS Employers guide - How to embed flexible working for nurses
- Timewise knowledge hub
Guidance and support for managers and employers
- Flexible working tips for managers
- Read the NHS Staff Council's line manager’s guide to supporting your staff to work flexibly
- Get inspiration from our examples of flexible working
- Read NHS Employers' flexible working Enablers for Change
- Calculate potential savings from reducing turnover using NHS England’s Flexible Working cost calculator
- Read NHS Employers’ guide to embedding flexible working for nurses
- NHS England top tips for advertising with flex
Flexible working rights
- Learn more about flexible working rights
- Access the NHS Terms and Conditions service handbook
- View guidance on the contractual issues of flexible working from the NHS Staff Council
- Get advice on flexible working requests, working from home, and hybrid working on the ACAS website.
- Find out how to get independent financial advice on the Citizens Advice website.
Case studies
- NHS Staff Council flexible working scenarios
- NHS England: Royal Free London – electronic self-rostering
- University Hospital Derby and Burton – supporting staff to stay in work for longer
- What NHS organisations are doing to support staff to work flexibly
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – flexible working enablers in practice
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust – improving nurses' work-life balance
Flexible retirement
- NHS Staff Council flexible retirement guidance
- NHS Employers guide to flexible retirement
- Returning to work after starting your NHS pension - NHS Pensions website
- Partial retirement in the NHS - NHS Pensions website
- Partial retirement and ‘retire and return’ - NHS England