Thank you to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who signed the charter on 16th February 2017 providing protection for their 7,500 employees.

Chief Executive, Karen Partington, said:
“Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to sign up to the TUC’s Dying to Work Charter and to show our continuing commitment to supporting employees who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. We recognise the difficult challenges this diagnosis brings and signing this Charter will ensure that our employees are supported, with care and compassion, in the decisions they make regarding work.”

Thank you to Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust who signed the charter on 10th February 2017 providing protection for their 4,500 employees.

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust Chief Executive, Tracy Allen, said:
“This charter is very important to us as a caring organisation. Patient care is at the heart of our purpose and our staff were recently rated excellent by the Care Quality Commission for their caring. As an organisation we must look after the people who do that exceptional caring for others.”

Thank you to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council who signed the charter on 30th January 2017 providing protection for their 2,072 employees.

Executive Leader of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, Cllr Kieran Quinn, said:
“I am delighted that Tameside is the first Greater Manchester Authority to sign up to this voluntary charter. When we debated this matter at the Council meeting we heard many moving personal stories that illustrated why it was so important that we join the TUC’s campaign. Tameside has always endeavored to be a considerate, compassionate employer and it was only logical that we add our name to the growing list of the dying to work campaign’s supporters.”

Thank you to The Sheffield College who signed the charter on 26th January 2017 providing protection for their 1,200 employees.

Executive Director of Human Resources, Darren Tidmarsh, said:
“The Sheffield College is proud to sign the voluntary charter, which reflects both our commitment to respecting and supporting colleagues at a very difficult time in their lives and our values of integrity and inclusiveness.”

Thank you to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust who signed the charter on 6th January 2017 providing protection for their 4,507 employees.

Chief Executive, Richard Kirby, said:
“This is a formal commitment to support colleagues who find themselves in a vulnerable position towards the end of their lives. We can become so focused on patient care that we run the risk of overlooking our own staff, however by signing this charter, we are promising to treat these individuals fairly and respect their needs. There is no question that this is the right thing to do!”

Thank you to Liverpool City Council who signed the charter on 12th December 2016 providing protection for their 7,000 employees.

Deputy Mayor of Liverpool, Ann O'Byrne, said:
“Liverpool City Council supports this campaign because our Councillors felt strongly that when employees are faced with extremely difficult circumstances, the last thing they should have to face is whether their employer is going to treat them unfairly. As an employer and with our trade unions, we want to make a commitment to treating our staff with respect and dignity in a supportive work environment.”

Thank you to Merseytravel who signed the charter on 12th December 2016 providing protection for their 800 employees.

Chair of Merseytravel Committee, Cllr Liam Robinson, said:
“At Merseytravel we believe we treat all our employees with dignity and respect throughout their working lives. If we’re committed to doing so at the beginning of someone’s working life, we consider it even more important to do so at the end of it.”

Thank you to The National Council for Palliative Care who signed the charter on 12th December 2016 providing protection for their 57 employees.

Chief Executive, Claire Henry MBE, said:
“This is such a great initiative on an important topic. It complements our Compassionate Employers programme, and together we can make sure that talking about and understanding death, dying and bereavement is part of the workplace.”

Thank you to South Lanarkshire Council who signed the charter on 28th November 2016 providing protection for their 14,863 employees.

Chair of the Finance and Corporate Resources Committee, Councillor Gerry Convery, said:
“We want to ensure that any employee diagnosed with a terminal illness knows they will have our full support. Signing the charter is a demonstration of our commitment to helping employees who receive this devastating news. I hope it gives anyone who finds themselves in this situation a degree of comfort, knowing that they can focus on the other challenges facing them without having the unnecessary stress and worry about their job. Hopefully other employers across Scotland will follow our lead and sign up to the charter as there can really be no excuses for not doing so.”