Medics Monthly Round Up | June 2024
A note on the Junior Doctors Strike
Earlier this month, Darren Kilroy (Medical Director at RLDatix) shared some steps and things to think about to help you during this challenging time, which you can access by clicking here.
We’re keen to support you as much as we can, please do reach out to us if we can help with any aspect of managing the medical workforce during this particularly difficult time.
Don’t forget to register for our next Medics User Group (MUG), taking place on Wednesday 3rd July, 10am – 2pm.
Our inaugural session saw over 110 people from 90 organisations discussing everything related to medics rostering and job planning, as well as sharing best practice tips.
Join the next session to hear:
- An update and discussion around the recent Rota calculation changes
- A deep dive into the roadmap for JobPlan, Rota and MedicAppraisal
- A sneak peak of JobPlan 1.12
- Open discussion around consultant self-rostering
- A customer journey of medical rostering
- Much more…
Click the button to register your interest in joining the next MUG.
On 12th-13th June members of the RLDatix team attended the annual NHS ConfedExpo 2024, in Manchester, where we had the pleasure of talking to a variety of health and care leaders from across the UK.
Over the two days we talked about all things related to operational grip and strategic insights, how these are vital to helping you manage your most pressing challenges and how we can support with the RLDatix Connected Healthcare Cloud.
Here are two of our highlights from the event:
- Barbara Staruk, Chief Product Officer at RLDatix, taking part in an exclusive interview about ‘Is connecting healthcare operations critical to new and merged EPR systems?’ Barbara explored how it’s possible to access historical patient data when migrating to a new EPR or from a legacy system ensuring the safety and reliability of care.
- Liz Jones, Chief Customer Officer and Dr Darren Kilroy, Medical Director at RLDatix, recorded the first of our exciting new podcast series: ‘The Connection: Productivity, Patient Safety and People’. Liz and Darren discussed if productivity support can hinder patient and workforce safety and what happens when we connect healthcare operations.
Keep and eye out for more details about the podcast series, coming soon. For now, click the link below to learn more about the RLDatix Connected Healthcare Cloud.
Discover the story of how Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has achieved zero theatre cancellations due to staff absence over 12 months with effective scheduling of theatre staff.
David Mulligan, Head of Workforce Systems, and Kris Booth, Theatre Team Manager, talked to us about:
- The challenges they were experiencing around sickness related absence
- Why they decided to introduce activity-based rostering
- The operational and cost benefits they have seen
- The positive impact on staff work/life balance and engagement
On Thursday 6th June the HSJ Digital Awards 2024 took place, which celebrates excellence in digitising, connecting and transforming health and care, by driving digital innovations to transform the NHS.
Members of the RLDatix team attended the awards, alongside staff from Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, who were finalists in the Improving Back-Office Efficiencies through Digital category, with their entry ‘Using e-rostering to drive down wait lists’.
Congratulations to all the winners on the night! You can read more about the awards and winners by clicking HERE.
Pictured below: Tom Ross and Jess Beardmore (back row, second & third from left), Product Managers at RLDatix, celebrating with the team from Bolton NHS Foundation Trust at the awards ceremony.
Join the inaugural Job Planning Network on Tuesday 16th July 3:00pm – 4:00pm.
This new online network will take place on a quarterly basis and offer you the opportunity to connect with other healthcare organisations and talk all things related to job planning.
During this 60-minute session you will:
- Hear best practice around job planning from other organisations and the opportunity to share your own experiences and learnings
- Learn about the latest product updates from RLDatix
- Discover the latest job planning hot topics
Click the link below to reserve your place on the upcoming network.
The latest blog from Dr Darren Kilroy, Medical Director at RLDatix, offers some reflections on the topics discussed at the NHS ConfedExpo 2024, which took place on 12-13th June in Manchester.
Read the full blog to discover:
- Some key takeaways from the event
- The importance of humanity in technology
- What makes for ‘good’ tech within a clinical workforce and how it can falter if not properly understood and administered.
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