{"id":8635,"date":"2019-08-11T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rldatix.com\/en-uki\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8635"},"modified":"2025-08-11T15:15:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:15:41","slug":"patchwork-and-allocate-team-up-to-deliver-interoperability-for-nhs-staffing","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.rldatix.com\/en-uki\/company\/news\/patchwork-and-allocate-team-up-to-deliver-interoperability-for-nhs-staffing\/","title":{"rendered":"Patchwork and Allocate team up to deliver interoperability for NHS staffing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Press Information&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Patchwork and Allocate team up to deliver interoperability for NHS staffing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>19<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;August 2019: London, UK \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Two workforce software innovators \u2013 Allocate Software and Patchwork \u2013 have announced a partnership to provide interoperability between their two solutions. Patchwork\u2019s specialist temporary staffing technology will now integrate with Allocate\u2019s HealthMedics rostering solution, helping healthcare providers staff their wards more effectively whilst reducing agency spend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collaboration offers healthcare organisations choice. Combined Patchwork and Allocate customers can access connected workforce management systems for doctors, automate a wide range of recruitment and staffing tasks, remove double-data entry, and safeguard the quality of shift bookings to ensure that safety rules are adhered to at all times. This will enable administrative teams to minimise time spent on repetitive tasks and offer a safer, more efficient experience for clinicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new partnership is part of Allocate\u2019s Connect partner programme, designed to boost the interoperability of workforce systems in the health and care sectors globally. Connect is the first of its kind to bring together technology providers to tackle this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Patchwork, this collaboration forms part of their mission to offer fit-for-purpose technologies to NHS Trusts, helping them save millions in staffing fees and enabling clinicians to access shifts in a flexible, responsive way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick Wilson, CEO at Allocate Software, comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cOur vision is to be a platform of choice for forward-thinking, people-focused<\/em><em>&nbsp;organisations. Our technology provides the backbone to enable innovation from like-minded technology companies that share our values, such as Patchwork.&nbsp; Working in partnership with cutting-edge companies, we will deliver this much-needed interoperability, which is central to our goals at Allocate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By partnering with Patchwork, we are addressing the appetite of healthcare organisations looking for choice and we look forward to the exciting results we will achieve together. Allocate Connect proactively supports calls for greater interoperability \u2013 critical to safeguarding the safety and efficiency of the healthcare sector \u2013 by creating an ecosystem of innovative technology partners that celebrate close supportable interfaces as we do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Simons, Director of Workforce and People, Chelsea and Westminster, comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI am absolutely thrilled that Allocate is partnering with Patchwork \u2013 an exciting and innovative temporary staffing solution that is revolutionising flexible working in the NHS.&nbsp; The partnership is a huge step forward for Trusts who want interoperable systems and streamlined, safe staffing solutions, and we very much look forward to working with both software providers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anas Nader, CEO at Patchwork comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cOur team at Patchwork is on a mission to revolutionise temporary staffing in healthcare.&nbsp; By connecting NHS organisations directly with a growing pool of healthcare workers, we\u2019re reducing the reliance on locum agencies and helping organisations achieve three key objectives \u2013 save money, free up time and improve patient safety.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We\u2019re delighted to announce our partnership with Allocate, the leading rostering solution for healthcare, which will help further streamline processes for our NHS partners and amplify Patchwork\u2019s efforts to transform what it means to truly work flexibly in the NHS.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Allocate Software:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allocate Software is a leading international provider of workforce and resource planning solutions, supporting the operational and administrative needs of healthcare, defence and maritime sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the health and care sector, Allocate is enabling the delivery of safe and effective care at optimal cost, by helping organisations to have the right people in the right place at the right time. With over 800 clients and over a million staff rostered daily, Allocate serves the largest public and private sector institutions around the world. Its Optima, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), platform including HealthRoster and HealthMedics, optimises the complex staffing requirements of large health and care organisations. Alongside automating sophisticated scheduling and ensuring accurate pay for staff that have complex pay rules, it is unique in providing additional benefits to improve the safety of staffing given changing patient needs, the management of contingent workforce, and the engagement of staff through the dedicated app. Optima is used to plan the working lives of half million staff across all workforce groups including doctors, nurses, therapists, care staff, operational staff and administrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allocate Software is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with over 500 employees, including over 190 in research, development and product management functions. It provides services and support to its international customer base through regional offices in the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Patchwork<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patchwork was founded by two NHS doctors \u2013 Dr Anas Nader and Dr Jing Ouyang \u2013 and launched in 2016 as a public-private partnership with Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust. They\u2019ve since rolled out their technology across over ten NHS Trusts, saving millions in staffing fees and enabling clinicians to access shifts in a flexible, responsive way. Earlier this year, Patchwork was awarded the prestigious HSJ Partnership Award in their \u201cMedical Software, Systems and Technology\u201d category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Information&nbsp; Patchwork and Allocate team up to deliver interoperability for NHS staffing 19th&nbsp;August 2019:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7141,"parent":0,"template":"","news_category":[235],"news_tag":[],"class_list":["post-8635","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-press-releases","primary-news-category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Patchwork and Allocate team up to deliver interoperability for NHS staffing | RLDatix<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Latest news from RLDatix: Patchwork and Allocate team up to deliver interoperability for NHS staffing. 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