WINNER: Patchwork Health and St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals Trust: Establishing the North West Collaborative Bank - The Largest in the UK

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust wanted to create a solution that would empower staff to work flexibly, whilst simultaneously filling shifts that would otherwise be filled by agency workers. In collaboration with Patchwork Health, the North West Collaborative Bank was developed, a fully interoperable solution that would improve the trainee experience, reduce costs and promote flexible working. The Collaborative Bank has since saved over £433k pa on agency spend, retained £3.4m within the NHS, and filled more than 33,000 hours of shifts, ensuring fluctuating patient demand is met effectively, safely and sustainably.

Highly commended:

  • HSC Public Health Agency, HSC Business Services Organisation, HealthSectorTalent, Department of Health Northern Ireland, Belfast/Southern/Western/Northern/South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust and Northern Ireland Ambulance Service: HSC Workforce Appeal

Finalists:

  • Bank Partners & North London Partners in Health and Care STP (led by UCLH), North East London Health and Care Partnership STP, BHRUH Trust/Barts Health Trust/ ELFT/NELFT and Homerton University Hospital FT, Kingston Hospital FT, Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals Trust: Coming Together to Combat Covid-19: Vaccination Staff Banks
  • Ealoor Consultancy UK T/A Nursingjobs UK: International Nursing Recruitment
  • Medacs Healthcare and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System: Building and Managing a Workforce for a Mass COVID Vaccination Programme
  • Reed Talent Solutions: Collecting Convalescent Plasma to Treat Hospitalised Covid-19 Patients
  • Remedium Partners and Norfolk and Suffolk FT: Overcoming the Healthcare Staffing Crisis: Reducing Agency Locum Dependence Through Strategic International Permanent Recruitment
  • South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Integrated Care System with NHS Professionals International: International Recruitment to Support Staffing Levels

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