HSJ Partnership Awards 2024: Workforce and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year

Patchwork Health addresses the NHS staffing crisis by providing flexible workforce solutions. Collaborating closely with the health service, they deploy digital solutions that optimise workforce management, reduce the admin burden and improve staff wellbeing. Their end-to-end solution supports sustainable staffing through temporary staff banks, a rostering platform, an agency manager, and data analytics. By partnering with 56 organisations across the UK, they’ve filled 748,509 shifts and supported 40,000+ staff to work flexibly. Their user-focused approach and interoperable technology improve work-life balance, boost efficiency, and enable ICS-wide staffing, aligning with the NHS’s goals for greater collaboration and patient care.