NHS National Staff Survey 2024 results


Sherwood Forest Hospitals is the best acute trust to work for in the East Midlands for an incredible 7th year running.

That’s based upon 71% of staff recommending Sherwood as a place to work, which is 11.88% higher than the national average.

We also scored top in the East Midlands in the following areas:

  • A place to receive care – 73.4% of colleagues would be happy with the standard of care provided here if a friend or relative needed treatment.
  • Engagement (7.13 out of 10), which is 2nd highest in the Midlands and 12th nationally.
  • Staff morale (6.31 out of 10).

Despite the ongoing challenges and pressures the NHS faces here and nationally, we remain a high-performing Trust across the whole of the Midlands.

Some of the things we are most proud of are:

  • 90.7% of colleagues feel trusted to do their job.
  • 89.1% of colleagues feel their role makes a difference to patients and service users.
  • 68% of colleagues say they have access to the right learning and development opportunities when needed. This is top in the Midlands and 4th nationally.
  • 63.5% of colleagues believe we are taking positive action on Health and Wellbeing.

We are really grateful to all our colleagues who had their say in the survey – thank you! We heard more voices than ever before – a total of 3,855.

There are so many great things happening across our hospitals and so much we have to be proud of, but we must also work together to acknowledge that there are also many areas we can improve. We will focus on several areas over the next 12 months including retention, celebration and recognition, and ensuring colleagues have adequate materials and supplies to do their jobs.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals remains dedicated to fostering a positive workplace culture where all colleagues feel valued, supported, and empowered to provide the best possible care.

We will continue listening to our colleagues and do what we can to take the necessary steps forward to help improve life here at Sherwood.

View national staff survey results across the NHS in England.