The Walton Centre retains gold standard in Investors in People Award

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, the UK’s only hospital to specialise in neurology, neurosurgery and pain services, has been reaccredited with the Investors in People Gold award.

Investors in People is the international industry standard for people management, testing organisations against a rigorous framework for best practice in the workplace. The specialist Trust is one of a handful of NHS organisations to earn the IIP Gold accolade with the latest version of the standard. The Walton Centre is the only NHS Organisation to be recognised for having both this accreditation and gold accreditation in health and wellbeing for staff.

Chief Executive Officer Jan Ross said: “I’m delighted that for another year we have secured this prestigious award from Investors in People. It’s a testament to the hard work of staff across The Walton Centre and the fantastic culture we have created, the award marks us out as a centre of excellence for our staff.

“The assessors commented on the dedication of teams across the organisation, and the supportive friendly culture that they found. This award is a reminder that The Walton Centre is a safe and caring environment for our patients to be treated in.”

The detailed report from the assessors described staff in all job roles being motivated to deliver the highest standards and that they are driven by the hospital’s values: pride, dignity, respect, caring and openness.

Paul Devoy, CEO of Investors in People, said: “We’d like to congratulate The Walton Centre. Gold accreditation on We invest in people is a fantastic effort for any organisation, and places this specialist NHS hospital in fine company, with others that understand the value of people.

“We believe that the success of The Walton Centre begins and ends with people. If we make work better for everyone, we make work better for every organisation.”

Investors in People works with 15,000 organisations across 75 countries to improve and maintain high standards of work environments for staff across a range of industries.

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Notes to editors

Further information, or to arrange an interview, please contact the Communications Team at The Walton Centre on 0151 556 3397 or wcft.communications@nhs.net

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only hospital trust in the UK specialising in neurology, neurosurgery and pain services. Although the majority of patients come from Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales, Lancashire and the Isle of Man, for some specialist treatments of complex disorders we see patients from all parts of the country, referred by their GPs or other neurologists, neurosurgeons and pain clinicians.

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust was rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission. The independent regulator of all health and social care services in England published its rating on Friday 21 October 2016, following announced and unannounced inspection visits to the Trust in April 2016.

For more information please visit: www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk or follow the Trust on X, Facebook, LinkedIn or Instagram.

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