Read and download 'Your Guide to a Disciplinary Investigation'.
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership have published ‘Your Guide to a Disciplinary Investigation’, which answers many of the questions that employees ask when they are being taken through a disciplinary process.
The guide, developed by NHS Wales, has been adapted for thousands of employees working across the NHS in West Yorkshire. It is part of the ‘avoidable employee harm’ programme which was introduced to the region by the West Yorkshire Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, in collaboration with colleagues from NHS Wales.
One person described the process of being taken through a disciplinary process like being “plunged into a black hole”, underlining the sense of isolation and abandonment that employees can often experience. The guide includes the main questions that employees often ask during the process and answers them in a clear and accessible way, so that individuals can know what to expect.
The guide was developed with input from occupational health, wellbeing and HR colleagues as well as employees who had previously been taken through a process.
The ‘avoidable employee harm’ programme, has seen over 200 staff from 15 organisations attend the ‘Employee Investigation: Looking after your people and the process’ training, established 20 train-the-trainers and built a cross-sector peer network. The programme was adapted for local application, including new intersectionality content, co-created from lived experience and expert-input.
The project has been shortlisted for the Healthcare People Management Association (HPMA) Awards 2025 and has also secured NHS Charities Together Funding to take forward the work at scale.
