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Unlock productivity and safeguard patient safety with acuity-based daily staffing
Our unique daily staffing software matches staffing levels to patient acuity, providing control and assurance from bedside to board. You can compare staff numbers and skill mix alongside actual patient demand in real time, allowing you to make informed decisions and create acuity driven staffing.
Avoid agency use
Redeploy staff safely with full sight of how this will impact services elsewhere
Oversee staffing levels
Maintain a site-wide overview of staffing levels, with hotspot areas and any potential issues highlighted
View live status
View the live status of wards and any changes as they happen, enabling a proactive response
Redeployment of substantive staff to avoid agency spend has contributed to significant reduction in temporary staffing spend for the organization… approximately £30,000 per month.
Adam Ruddock
Temporary Staffing Manager, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
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FAQ:
How does SafeCare impact daily staffing?
Today wards are using SafeCare to quickly collect acuity and dependency data that is immediately applied to the appropriate staffing model. Senior nurses and operations teams are then using real-time information from SafeCare to get an organisation-wide view of staffing levels and staffing needs. This enables them to take proactive and informed decisions before turning to agency cover.
How does SafeCare meet national standards?
SafeCare has been awarded an endorsement statement by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in relation to its guidelines for Safe Staffing (SG1). You can read about the endorsement here.
Resources
Datasheet
DOWNLOADSafeCare dynamically brings information on the actual staff levels together with the numbers and needs of patients. It provides a real-time shift-by-shift view of required versus actual staffing across an organisation making it easier to be responsive to changes in demand or staff availability.
Case study
DOWNLOADDuring the summer of 2016, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust implemented BankStaff and HealthRoster to electronically manage their bank staff processes and roster the nursing and midwifery workforce. Since then the Trust has gone on to roll out Employee Online and SafeCare across wards and departments.
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