Reminder to complete PDRs by the end of July

July 12, 2021

This has been an unprecedented year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result the Trust has carefully considered its approach to the Personal Development Review Process (PDR) to ensure that it is both meaningful and conducted in a way which is practical, given ongoing constraints on capacity. We know that many staff have been re-deployed into other areas or taken on other duties, and that they may not have been able to focus on the objectives or personal development discussed in their PDR last year. For these reasons, for this year, it has been decided to change the focus from traditional scoring against objectives, to the development of a personalised discussion and plan for each individual alongside the timescales for completion being increased: April to July 2021

The process for 2021 consists of the following:

• Part 1 – Personalised discussion and plan
• Part 2 – Objectives for the year ahead, future aspirations and development plan

The PDR form has been amended to reflect this and the form for 2021 can be found by clicking here.

Note: All colleagues need to have had their PDR with the date(s), aspirations and objectives entered into the form on Connect by the end of July 2021.  The form can be found via the link on the Connect home page, ‘Record Completed PDR’