Joint Negotiating and Consultative Forum (JNCF)

RQIA is committed to a partnership approach and in conjunction with the trade unions and professional associations who represent staff subscribe to the principle of partnership working.

The Joint Negotiating and Consultative Forum (JNCF) is the focal point of this formal partnership agreement.  It is where consultation and negotiation between management and staff take place on RQIA-wide issues.  It also acts as a reference group for good practice.

More specifically, the JNCF continues to:

• Discuss all major issues affecting RQIA, help formulate policy and implement RQIA-wide and regional initiatives.
• Champion partnership working within RQIA in order to maximise the involvement and engagement of staff in decision making.
• Provide the main forum where representatives of trade unions, professional associations, and management can work together to deliver the objectives of RQIA.
• Raise awareness of the aims of partnership working, communicating what it achieves within RQIA and the wider health and social care community.