Try GEMS.
GEMS is the MOD-wide staff suggestion scheme that recognises and rewards ideas which are implemented. The GEMS scheme encourages all MOD civilian and Armed Forces personnel, ex-employees, directly employed MOD contractors and their staffs to contribute constructive ideas for improving efficiency and organisation anywhere within the Department, and recognises the value of their contribution.
The GEMS Scheme launched in 1996, benefits from the full support of the Chief of the Defence Staff and the Permanent Secretary, as a means of promoting staff initiative and improving efficiency throughout the MOD and the Armed Forces. GEMS supports the Defence Vision requirement for us to be first class in the way we lead and manage the business of defence.
The operation of the GEMS Scheme is overseen by the GEMS Scheme Team, based in MOD Main Building, Whitehall, London and administered through a network of Award Groups, which are located at most MOD sites in the UK and overseas.
The scheme is designed to capture any suggestion that satisfies one or more of the following:
Achieving greater efficiency or savings to the MOD
Improving opertional effectiveness
Raising quality
Improving the design, use or maintenance of equipment
Improving health and safety
Benefiting the environment (including Sustainable Procurement), and
Removing unecessary bureaucracy
All individuals submitting suggestions have direct access to the GEMS Scheme without the need to consult their line manager.
The GEMS Scheme is not a substitute for reporting shortcomings in material, design or procedure, which should be made through the normal administrative channels.
Alternatively, Ask A Minister, or write to your MP. To be honest though, you would also need to convince the public…
Sign In
