Rostering software forecast to save Bedford Hospitals £500,000
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust has ordered Manpower Software’s MAPS
Healthroster ward-rostering software for Trust-wide implementation for its
nurses and midwives. The software will replace the paper-based rostering
system and is expected to reduce the temporary spend on both bank and agency
staff, to improve establishment control and objectively measure and manage
its nursing workforce.
After selection, Manpower Software and the Trust conducted a fast track
rostering assessment (RA) which identified a conservative annual saving of
£500,000 per annum from Trust-wide implementation. The RA is part of
Manpower Software’s unique NHS methodology which uncovers problems in the
current process and accurately forecasts the savings and efficiency
improvements which the software can deliver at an individual Trust.
Director of Nursing Julie Halliday commented, “We chose Healthroster
because it was the only product which covered the whole nursing and
midwifery workforce process, from demand and establishment management,
through rostering to temporary staff management. In addition, Healthroster
showed its ability to meet the complex demands of the NHS nurse rostering
process. Manpower Software also has the capability and the correct approach
to deliver, with a clear understanding of the issues, challenges and
solutions required. Furthermore, they had solid references from other NHS
trusts where Healthroster had already achieved substantial financial
savings.’
By effectively balancing the needs of wards with the needs of staff, the
software reduces high bank and agency staffing spend, uses staff most
efficiently and cuts the considerable staff time needed to create and
maintain rosters manually. It can assist in ensuring that staff with the
appropriate skills and experience are on duty, thus reducing clinical risk
and improving patient care. Staff morale and management control are also
enhanced.
Paul Scandrett, Manpower Software’s Director of NHS, commented, “With
Trusts under severe financial pressure, cutting bank and agency spend is a
top priority. As with our other NHS customers, Bedford has proved that
Healthroster not only achieves hard cost savings but also improves service
delivery and management control. The RAs currently under way with other
Trusts point to the same — or greater — savings being achievable in NHS
Acute Trusts nationwide. We can now offer the RA process to any Acute Trust
to analyse their current rostering and establishment and forecast their
savings by installing MAPS Healthroster.”
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