Survey changes

The survey questionnaire can be found on the NHS Staff Survey website, along with other survey documents, which are accessible here.

The survey questions are aligned to the People Promise and two main themes of Staff Engagement and Morale (see People Promise and Themes dashboard for more details).

Please note, results for bank only workers are reported separately and are not included in the current dashboards.

Key changes to the 2023 survey:

The 2023 questionnaire underwent minimal change compared to 2022.

Three questions asking about working patterns in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic have been removed for 2023.

Four new questions were introduced for 2023:

• Q17a: “In the last 12 months, how many times have you been the target of unwanted behaviour of a sexual nature in the workplace? This may include offensive or inappropriate sexualised conversation (including jokes), touching or assault. From patients / service users, their relatives or other members of the public.”
• Q17b: “In the last 12 months, how many times have you been the target of unwanted behaviour of a sexual nature in the workplace? This may include offensive or inappropriate sexualised conversation (including jokes), touching or assault. From staff / colleagues.”
• Q22: “I can eat nutritious and affordable food while I am working.”
• Q33 “Thinking about your current role, how often, if at all, do you work at/from home?”

One question (Q35:“What is your occupational group”) includes two new response options for 2023 These are:

• “Speech and Language Therapy” as part of the “Allied Health Professionals / Healthcare Scientists / Scientific and Technical” section
• “Medical / Dental SAS doctor” as part of the “Medical and Dental” section

The addition of these response options does not change the occupation summary groups that are used in the national reporting. Trend results will still be reported for this question, but caution is advised when interpreting the trends for the response options “Other qualified Allied Health Professionals” and “Medical / Dental – Other”.