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Internal Policies and Guidelines

Our aim is to enable staff to have convenient and easy access to the HR related Policies and Procedures they need to effectively manage their teams.

The full policies are listed alphabetically.

You can get access to Leeds City Council policies and procedures here.

Please note: With all Policies and Procedures, where there is a local agreement in place please defer to this in the first instance.  In cases of doubt, please refer to your line manager.

Policies and Guidelines A-Z


Adoption Leave Guidance 


Alcohol, Drugs and Substance Misuse Policy


Annual Leave Policy


Appeal Policy and Procedures


Appraisal Policy and Procedure


Bullying and Harassment Policy


Child Protection Supervision Policy


Confidentiality Code of Conduct


Cover for Absent Colleagues


Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccinations in Care Homes (if you need this document in an accessible format please contact lch.hr@nhs.net)


Data Protection Policy


Disciplinary Policy


Domestic Violence Policy


Dress and Appearance Policy


Employment Break Scheme


Flexible Working Policy


Freedom to Speak Up Policy (formerly Whistleblowing Policy)


Grievance Policy and Procedure


Induction Policy


Information Governance Policy


Long Service Award Policy


Maintaining High Professional Standards


Managing Concerns with Performance Policy


Managing Personal Relationships in the Workplace Policy 


Maternity Leave Guidance


Maternity Support (Paternity) Leave Guidance


Medical and Dental Appraisals and Revalidation Policy


Medical and Dental Job Planning Policy


Mortality Review and Responding to Deaths Policy


Organisational Change Policy


Overpayments and Underpayments Policy


Patient Experience, Dealing with Compliments, Concerns and Complaints

(if you need this document in an accessible format please contact lch.pet@nhs.net )


Pay Protection Policy


Personal and Professional Development Policy 


Professional Registration Policy


Records Management Policy


Remediation, Re-skilling and Rehabilitation Policy for Doctors and Dentists


Recruitment and Selection Policy (if you need this document in an accessible format please contact lch.jobs@nhs.net )


Relocation Grants Policy


Safeguarding Children Policy


Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme


Secondment Policy


Smokefree Policy


Special Leave Policy (if you need this document in an accessible format please contact lch.hr@nhs.net)

Carer’s passport


Statutory and Mandatory Training Policy


Study Professional Leave Policy for non-training grade Medical & Dental staff


Travel and Expenses Policy


Temporary Staffing


Trade Union Facilities Policy


Transitioning at Work Policy


Wellbeing at Work Policy -  (Formerly the Managing Attendance Policy, if you need an accessible version of this please contact HR lch.hr@nhs.net)


Work Experience Policy


Working Time Regulations Policy


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