Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve staff morale at the East Midlands Ambulance Service.

Staff morale is measured using staff engagement scores in the NHS Staff Survey. Employers are best placed to decide how they most effectively improve engagement locally. The Department commissions NHS Employers to support trusts in improving staff engagement through a wide range of advice, guidance and good practice.

The score for East Midlands Ambulance Service for 2015 has increased to 3.39 from the previous year’s score of 3.27. Possible scores range from 1 to 5, with 1 indicating that staff are poorly engaged with their work, their team, and their trusts; and 5 indicating that staff are highly engaged.