About

Patchwork’s technology and services transform healthcare staffing by allowing teams to manage their permanent and temporary workforce through one fully-integrated platform. Patchwork offers a range of different solutions, including tech-enabled ‘staff banks’ for temporary workers. The Patchwork model radically reduces reliance on the expensive locum agency ‘middle man’ and gives hospitals the power to increase engagement with existing temporary staff, access new networks of clinicians, and broadcast shifts through an app. Patchwork also helps healthcare sites team up with others in their region to create ‘collaborative staff banks’; making it possible to pool temporary staff and allow clinicians to safely move between hospitals when needed. Patchwork’s Agency Manager makes it easier for managers to select appropriate temporary staff from external agencies when necessary. In addition, Patchwork offers rostering software and solutions for permanent staff. Their technology enables staff to have personal preferences factored into their rota, promoting better work-life balance and stemming the flow of staff resigning due to burnout. Patchwork makes this flexibility for clinicians compatible with safely staffed wards by giving rota managers the tools and access to data they need for effective and dynamic workforce planning. As a whole, the Patchwork solution saves healthcare organisations money, ensures hospitals and other clinical settings are safely staffed, and offers all clinicians a route to a more flexible and sustainable way of working.