We want to know your views on being managed or being a line manager in the health sector

Dear reader,


Virtually everyone working in the health sector has experience of being managed and many also have experience of being managers in their own right.

In partnership with UNISON, we want to find out what you think about line management in your organisation, both as someone who is managed and potentially someone who is a manager themselves.

Please take 10 minutes to complete our survey, which will provide valuable learning and also form the basis of a news story and a discussion at our Workforce Summit later this year.

The first few questions and those are the end are about peoples’ experience of being managed, while the remainder are aimed at those in line management roles. 

Steve Ford
Editor, Nursing  Times

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* 1. Are you a line manager with responsibility for 1 or more staff?

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* 2. How do you view the management culture at your organisation?

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* 3. Have you observed or experienced any of the following good line management practices in your workplace? (tick all that apply)

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* 4. Are there specific issues that managers in your workplace need more support on? (tick all that apply)

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* 5. Have you accessed help from a line manager with any of the following tasks over the past 12 months?  (tick all that apply)

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* 6. If you accessed help from a line manager with any of these tasks, was it done well?

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* 7. Which of the following have you done or seen done by your managers in the last two years? (tick all that apply)

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* 8. How many direct reports do you have?

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* 9. Which of the following responsibilities and abilities do you have (please tick all that apply)?

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* 10. Are you clear about the tasks you are supposed to do as a manager?

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* 11. Are you clear about the standards you are expected to meet as a manager?

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* 12. Do you normally have enough time to carry out your management role as you would like to?

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* 13. If no, what tasks are most likely to be left undone?

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* 14. Do you have supervisory/supernumerary status?

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* 15. Do you feel any conflict between your duties as a professional registrant and managerial financial responsibility to board?

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* 16. Which of the following do you have access to in your workplace?

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* 17. Do you feel you are currently under more or less pressure than you were this time 12 months ago?

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* 18. Do you feel you have more or less time to dedicate to management tasks and responsibilities than you did at this time 12 months ago?

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* 19. Which of these sentences best reflects how you feel about your management responsibilities?

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* 20. Have you ever received training for your role as a line manager?

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* 21. If yes, do you receive regular updates on your management training?

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* 22. Do you feel you have received appropriate levels of management training for your role?

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* 23. What one thing do you feel would be most useful to improve your performance as a manager?

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* 24. How would you rate staffing levels on your ward, team or setting?

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* 25. How easy or difficult has it been for your ward, unit or team to fill vacant nursing posts over the last 12 months?

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* 26. Do you have a local trade union steward?

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* 27. Do you understand their role?

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* 28. Have you worked with your steward to tackle any of the issues covered in this survey?

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* 29. If you answered yes to the previous question, how would you describe this experience

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* 30. Please feel free to comment in more depth on the issues raised in this survey

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* 31. Which of the following best describes the setting you work in? 

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* 32. Which of the following best describes the profession you work in?          

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* 33. How old are you?

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* 34. Which country do you work in?

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* 35. If you work in the NHS, what Agenda for Change band are you in?

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