Staff invited to take part in iMatter staff survey

From 20 May, teams within the corporate directorate will be the first area to be asked to participate in this year’s cycle of iMatter – North and South health and social care partnerships and the vaccination service will follow shortly thereafter.

Staff will be asked to complete their questionnaire by email or in paper format by Monday 10 June. Staff can also receive their questionnaire via text messaging service (SMS) by notifying their line manager.

Look out for details of the dates for your area in the staff briefing. The full timeline of this year’s iMatter cycle is provided below:

Area                                                                                   Questionnaire Period
Corporate teams                                                              20 May to 10 June
Strategic planning (including PSSD)                              20 May to 10 June
Acute teams                                                                      3 June to 24 June
North and South HSCP and vaccination service         17 June to 8 July

The iMatter continuous improvement model has been designed with the input of staff throughout NHS Scotland to help individuals, teams and health boards understand and improve staff experience – the extent to which employees feel motivated, supported and cared for at work. iMatter puts the focus at team level – each one has their own iMatter team report.

Staff can take just 10 minutes out of their day to fill in their questionnaire, completed anonymously. The completed questionnaires will then be processed by an external company making it totally confidential.

Completing the questionnaire – online, on paper or by SMS (test message) – allows staff the chance to give feedback on, and be involved in, influencing change and improvement in their workplace.

Evidence shows that the better the experience of staff at work, the better the experience of patients and their families.

Please take the time to fill in the iMatter questionnaire by Monday 10 June. If you have not received your questionnaire, please speak to your line manager.

If you are a member of staff within the corporate directorate, look out for your iMatter questionnaire from 20 May.

For more information, including details of your local iMatter champion, visit the dedicated iMatter page on FirstPort at: http://firstport2/staff-support/learning-organisational-development/imatter/default.aspx