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As Dr Andy Haynes, Executive Medical Director, explains: \u201cWe were working from paper-based systems which were not co-ordinated.\u201d<br><br>They started by implementing a paper-based method, but recognised the best way to implement a change would be through a digital solution. Therefore, Dr Haynes with other trust workforce leaders developed a business case for RLDatix\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rldatix.com\/en-uki\/solution\/jobplan\/\">JobPlan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rldatix.com\/en-uki\/solution\/activitymanager\/\">ActivityManager<\/a>, which was approved by the Trust Board.<br><br>Dr Haynes says: \u201cJobPlan was a huge enabler in the effective roll-out of standardised, fair and visible job plans for our consultants.\u201d<br><br>Job planning has been effectively embedded across the medical workforce, with 98% of consultants signing off job plans linked to annual activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cRLDatix\u2019s solutions have given us visibility of medical workforce issues in a way that wasn\u2019t possible with a paper-based system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>Dr Andy Haynes<br>Executive Medical Director, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS FT<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rldatix.com\/en-uki\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Sherwood-x-JobPlan_Case-Study-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Case Study For several years Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[80,357,368],"class_list":["post-11011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies","tag-activitymanager","tag-jobplan","tag-sherwood-forest-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust","primary-category-case-studies"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Medical workforce visibility | RLDatix<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Health &amp; care resources from RLDatix: Medical workforce visibility. 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