Transforming Community Care Together

Join our Community Collaborative Initiative, designed to support the transformation of workforce within community settings

Karen Swinson, Clinical Lead, RLDatix

This week, The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed there will be a revised Workforce Plan published in 2025 to particularly focus on redirecting healthcare from hospital to community settings.

Navigating the complexities of community care delivery is no small feat. For healthcare leaders, such as Directors of Nursing, CEOs and CFOs, the challenges of balancing operational efficiency, workforce sustainability and patient outcomes require actionable solutions led by expertise and innovation. That’s precisely why we’ve introduced our Community Collaborative Initiative—a partnership with healthcare leaders to drive meaningful change in community care.

With our team of professional colleagues who have walked this path successfully, we aim to empower healthcare organisations like yours with real-world insights, proven strategies and tailored solutions.

eCommunity builds on your workforce management and scheduling of Optima by providing dynamic visibility of your staffing capacity against your patient’s needs.

How can eCommunity support your organisation?

1. eCommunity supports your organisation to measure capacity and demand within the service to predict gaps and changes in demand, allowing you to make data driven workforce deployment decisions.
2. By matching required staff skills to patient needs when creating schedules, supporting safer staffing, continuity of care and eliminating the need to reschedule visits.
3. A live connection to your PAS system provides you quick and painless data transfers, reducing admin times, eliminating manual input errors and ensuring staff can provide personalised care with accessible to up-to-date patient data.
4. Reduce missed or duplicate visits and travel time between patients, by planning efficient schedules for staff, reducing costs and increasing patient treatment numbers.
5. Using a system such as eCommunity can enhance staff satisfaction and patient welfare. Employees have clearer visibility of their workloads and can ensure they are more productive by planning routes, offer mobile accessibility to patient care records and improved optimisation of each clinician’s skill and expertise.

A Team of Experts at Your Side

When you join the initiative, you’ll have access to an impressive network of professionals dedicated to supporting your success. Our collaborative group includes some of the most respected voices in community care, including experts from renowned organisations such as:

• The Royal College of Nursing

• The Queen’s Nursing Institute

• NHS England
• The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

Additionally, Team RLDatix brings you a multidisciplinary suite of specialists to meet your organisation’s unique needs, including:

• Product Experts to optimise your technology solutions

• Technical Specialists for seamless implementation

• Data Analytics Experts to guide data-driven decision-making

• Workforce Consultants to tackle staffing challenges

• Operational Advisors for improved processes

• Customer Support Advocates for hands-on assistance

• Programme Initiative Specialists to ensure accountability

• A dedicated Clinical Lead to bring clinical expertise to the table

This depth and breadth of expertise ensure that every aspect of your community care services is considered and supported.

Our Commitment to You

We understand that every healthcare organisation is unique, with its own challenges and goals. That’s why our support is flexible, comprehensive and customised to meet your needs. Here’s what you can expect when you join the initiative:

1. Hands-On Support

We’ll meet you where you are—literally. Through on-site visits, our team will assess your current community care readiness from both technical and clinical perspectives, ensuring a solid foundation for progress.

2. Personalised Guidance

Our team works closely with you to identify priority areas for service reform. We tailor the initiative to directly address your organisation’s key challenges and objectives, ensuring the solution fit seamlessly into your unique operations.

3. Regular Check-Ins

Biweekly Teams calls ensure ongoing collaboration, allowing us to keep your progress on track while discussing any emerging concerns or challenges in real time.

4. Flexible Training Resources

We understand healthcare leaders operate in demanding environments. That’s why we offer on-demand training videos and materials, allowing you to upskill at a pace that fits your schedule.

5. On-Demand Availability

Whenever you need us, we’re here for you. Our team is accessible to provide support, ensuring you’re never left facing challenges alone.

Be Part of the Change

This is more than just an initiative—it’s a movement towards advancing community care for better health outcomes and stronger operational resilience. By joining the Community Collaborative Initiative, you’ll not only gain access to industry-leading expertise but also take measurable steps toward transforming how care is delivered in our communities.

Already an eCommunity system user?

Be part of the change. Join the Community Collaborative Initiative by April 2025 and lead your organisation into a new era of healthcare excellence.

Not yet an eCommunity system user?

The Community Collaborative Initiative is open to all users of the eCommunity system. If you’d like to explore what eCommunity can offer your organisation, and as a route to joining the collaborative, sign up today.