South West London’s collaborative bank leads the way in NHS Trust partnerships
South West London’s collaborative bank leads the way in NHS Trust partnerships
2 PagesThe project went live in April 2018 with the goal of achieving a minimum financial savings of over £100,000 within the first two years, looking to double those savings by year three. These savings were achieved by providing the opportunity for substantive and bank only workers to work at other Trusts, focusing initially on only Band 2 healthcare assistants and Band 5 registered nurses. This change also reduces the Trusts’ reliance upon agency staff whilst maximising existing these NHS staff resource. Based on the success to date, the Trusts’ HR Directors are now looking to expand the Collaborative Bank across other staff groups and consider new collaborative approaches. The Department of Health and Social Care recently the SWLCB project to monitor its progress. Sam Rodger, H
