Part-time staff long service matters because most GP practices rely on people who don’t fit the neat full-time pattern. Part-time receptionists, sessional nurses, staff who left and came back after a career break: they are often the ones who know the patients best. Yet when long service comes round, they are easy to overlook. Part-time […]
The badge is ordered, the date is in the diary, and then someone hands you the long service card. It’s surprisingly easy to freeze at that blank page, especially when you’re writing for a colleague you see every day. A few honest lines are all it takes, and they’re often the part people keep. Keep […]
Most practices want to recognise long service, but without a written approach it can feel a bit hit and miss. One receptionist gets a card and a cake at ten years, while a nurse reaches the same milestone and nobody notices. A short, simple long service policy fixes that, and it needn’t take more than […]
Handing someone a badge across the reception desk does the job, but it can feel a little rushed, especially after ten or twenty years of loyal service to the practice and its patients. With a few small touches, a long service presentation in a GP practice can feel properly thought through, without adding work to […]
Long service awards often start at ten or twenty-five years. That leaves a quiet gap in early long service milestones. Plenty of people in a GP practice reach one, two, three, four or five years without anyone marking it — not because their work goes unnoticed, but because recognition is reserved for the bigger round […]
Recognising long service should be simple, and it should feel special. That is what we have set out to do for general practice, and we are proud to say that over 350 GP practices have now ordered their NHS long service badges from us. We never take that trust for granted. Practices that keep coming […]
Year-end recognition planning works best when you start early. October is a good moment to look ahead. Between flu clinics, winter pressures and the festive rota, December has a habit of arriving before anyone has thought about recognition. A little planning now means the colleagues who reach a milestone this year get the thanks they […]
Learning to track service milestones need not mean extra admin. Busy GP practices rarely lack dedication. What they often lack is a simple way to notice when a colleague’s service milestone is coming up. Between clinics, locum gaps and winter planning, anniversaries can slip past until someone mentions them in the corridor — and by […]
To mark long service well, keep it simple. You do not need a hotel booking or a lengthy awards night to recognise long service. In a busy GP practice, the most meaningful thank-yous are often the ones that fit around a normal working day. Simple ways to mark long service NHS trusts usually have formal […]
Personalised long service badges make recognition memorable. When it comes to recognising loyal employees, personalisation makes all the difference. A long service award should be more than just a token gesture—it should reflect the pride, dedication and achievements of the individual receiving it. That’s why personalised long service badges have become a popular choice for […]
