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Medical Workforce System

Reference: 24-25404

Date response sent: 19/12/2024

Details of enquiry

Please respond to the following questions

  1. Which software provider does the Trust use for junior doctors’ rotas software
  2. Which software provider does the Trust use for medics rostering software
  3. Which software provider does the Trust use for doctors job planning software
  4. Which software provider does the Trust use for medical appraisals software
  5. Which software provider does the Trust use for medics temporary staff management software
  6. Which software provider does the Trust use for direct engagement management of medical locums software
  7. Which software provider does the Trust use for master vendor management software
  8. What software provider does the Trust use for nurse rostering software
  9. What was the annual cost for the Trust’s junior doctors rota software in the last FY
  10. What was the annual cost for the Trust’s medics rostering software in the last FY
  11. What was the annual cost for the Trust’s doctors job planning software in the last FY
  12. What was the annual cost for the Trust’s medical appraisals software in the last FY
  13. What is the contractual end date of your current junior doctors rota software
  14. What is the contractual end date of your current medics rostering software
  15. What is the contractual end date of your current medical appraisals software
  16. What is the contractual end date of your current doctors job planning software
  17. What is the contractual end date of your current direct engagement software
  18. What is the contractual end date of your current master vendor management software
  19. What is the contractual end date of your current​​​​​​​ nurse rostering software
  20. What is the contractual end date of your current temporary staff management software

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Explanatory Note:

You might find it helpful to note that the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is not a hospital, it is a small specialist mental health Trust, which does not provide acute services, nor inpatient patient services, nor detention facilities, and does not have an A&E department.

Our provision of shift cover is minimal, and we do not use dedicated software for this.  We provide certain local acute hospitals’ mental health services with shift cover by our own resident doctors (previously known as junior doctors).

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust otherwise provides outpatient clinics which operate during the day only.

We would occasionally hire locum doctors from an agency, when there is a gap in the shift/s we are committed to fill at local acute Trusts but cannot otherwise do – again we do not need dedicated software for this occasional activity.

We do not employ RCNs HCA’s, RMN or Specialist RNs. We have not hired many agency nurses (RGN’s) for at least the last few of years, and then only whilst we have a permanent vacancy. (please note that we only employ around 30 permanent nurses at any given point, and any agency nurses hired would be for the duration of any recruitment lag.

  1. Which software provider does the Trust use for junior doctors’ rotas software

None.  See above explanatory Notes

  1. Which software provider does the Trust use for medics rostering software

None.  See above explanatory Notes

  1. Which software provider does the Trust use for doctors job planning software

None. See above explanatory Notes

  1. Which software provider does the Trust use for medical appraisals software

SARD

  1. Which software provider does the Trust use for medics temporary staff management software

None.  See above explanatory Notes

  1. Which software provider does the Trust use for direct engagement management of medical locums software

None.  See above explanatory Notes

  1. Which software provider does the Trust use for master vendor management software

The Trust does not use a master vendor

  1. What software provider does the Trust use for nurse rostering software

The Trust does not operate a shift system, we provide outpatient clinics which only operate during the day.

  1. What was the annual cost for the Trust’s junior doctors rota software in the last FY

Not applicable.  See above explanatory Notes

  1. What was the annual cost for the Trust’s medics rostering software in the last FY

Not applicable.  See above explanatory Notes

  1. What was the annual cost for the Trust’s doctors job planning software in the last FY

Not applicable.  See above explanatory Notes

  1. What was the annual cost for the Trust’s medical appraisals software in the last FY

£13,285

  1. What is the contractual end date of your current junior doctors rota software

Not applicable – see above response

  1. What is the contractual end date of your current medics rostering software

Not applicable – see above response

  1. What is the contractual end date of your current medical appraisals software

31/12/2025

  1. What is the contractual end date of your current doctors job planning software

Not applicable – see above response

  1. What is the contractual end date of your current direct engagement software

Not applicable – see above response

  1. What is the contractual end date of your current master vendor management software

Not applicable – see above response

  1. What is the contractual end date of your current​​​​​​​ nurse rostering software

Not applicable.  See above explanatory notes

  1. What is the contractual end date of your current temporary staff management software

We do not use software to manage temporary staff.  This is not a centralised activity.

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