Neil Sherlock, Trustee of Working Families and Partner at KPMG, Lyn
McIntyre, Karen Clarke Rt Hon Alistair Darling and Sarah Jackson,
Chief Executive of Working Families
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Addenbrooke’s has scooped a prestigious national
award in recognition of its family-friendly policies for
staff.
The hospital was chosen for this year’s Working
Families Silver Service Award for its many initiatives
to embrace the needs of the older worker. Addenbrooke’s
was particularly singled out thanks to our flexible policies
which make the transition from working to retired life
as easy as possible.
Dr Gareth Goodier, Chief Executive of the hospital said: “Addenbrooke’s
employs people from all walks of life regardless of age,
and our outstanding flexible retirement programme gives
staff approaching retirement age the opportunity to take
a step back without completely stopping. Staff are able
to reduce their hours and responsibilities enabling a better
work-life balance while the hospital maintains a pool of
experienced workers.
“We value the older worker as an important resource
within the hospital and this award is an acknowledgement
of our commitment to maintain our relationship with them.
The Trust invests a great deal in the wellbeing of our
staff and we are delighted to have had our hard work recognised”
Keith Day, a former director of the Trust, who is now
employed in a different role on a part time basis said: “Being
able to ‘wind down’ has meant that I didn’t
have to retire completely. I can still use my expertise
at work but also have time to pursue my outside interests.”
Notes for editors:
Our Opportunities scheme encourages recruitment
from all sections of society including BME, disabled
and refugee groups and young and older workers.
Our Flexible retirement policy allows staff
the opportunity to retire early and return to
work on a part time basis or at a lower level
of responsibility. This lets the worker ‘wind
down’ while keeping a pool of expertise
in the hospital.
Flexible working provides a variety of different
working patterns to suit the employee and help
create a better balance between work and life.
Staff can choose any sscheme from term-time only
to split shifts or flexi-time.
www.workingfamilies.org.uk
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