title: Learning together, working together: an evaluation of experiences of a pilot programme for partnership between unions and management in the health service.
abstract: This article describes an innovative initiative to support partnership working between trade unions and management in three National Health Service Trusts, by means of shared participation in a series of learning and development days. Although there is existing evidence, within the literature on partnership, of the benefits of partnership working for employees and employers, there is little discussion of processes by which effective partnership is developed. More specifically, there is no current academic literature on the role of education in enabling improved partnership working between trade unions and managers. The findings of the evaluation suggest that the pilot provided a successful learning experience as well as a number of pointers for improving future developments of this nature. The recommendations include embedding of partnership work within existing staff development processes.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, Glenside Campus, Bristol BS16 1DD, England, United Kingdom. pat2.young@uwe.ac.uk
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Pam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moule
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: Meg
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crack
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mayo
mesh_terms: D006298:Health Services Administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007858:Learning; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom