On this page you can learn more about HEE’s values as well as the values of the NHS Constitution.

HEE values and behaviours

The golden thread that connects all of our values is the need for a people-centred approach. Having developed these values together, we are ensuring we are putting people first and being the best possible version of ourselves. Here you can see each of our four values and the behaviours that support them.

Responsible

• We will be proud of doing things right, taking personal and collective responsibility for our actions
• We will act as role models and challenge poor behaviour
• We will communicate clearly and openly, helping each other to contribute to our work.

Fair

• We will prioritise fairness, consistency, and equality
• We will respect and value everyone as a person - regardless of role, function or grade
• We will think and speak well of each other, recognising talent and commitment, not hierarchies 

Confident

• We will celebrate, recognise and thank each other for our performance and contribution
• We will promote creativity and respond positively to feedback to help us do better
• We will support each other to fix things and learn lessons when we make mistakes or things don’t turn out as planned.

Inclusive

• We will celebrate and respect our diversity and differences to ensure everyone is included
• We will be warm and approachable and treat each other kindly
• We will be considerate, including respecting boundaries between work and home lives.

 We ask that everyone at HEE takes individual responsibility for upholding our HEE values; helping to embed them in everything we do.

NHS values

Patients, public and staff have helped develop this expression of values that inspire passion in the NHS and that should underpin everything it does. Individual organisations will develop and build upon these values, tailoring them to their local needs. The NHS values provide common ground for co-operation to achieve shared aspirations, at all levels of the NHS.

https://www.hee.nhs.uk/about/our-values

HEE launches How to be a Trans ally guide

In support of Transgender Awareness Week (13-19 November), HEE’s Diversity, Inclusion and Participation team has launched guidance on How to be a Trans ally. 

The guidance looks at how to be respectful of people’s gender, how to refer to people until you know their chosen pronoun and respecting confidentiality, as well challenging transphobic behaviour and language, respecting boundaries and what not to say.