First Bank Management System contract under the new London Procurement Project Framework has been awarded to SMART by NHS Barnet

• Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Press Release
10 March 2010


First Bank Management System contract under the new London Procurement Project Framework has been awarded to SMART by NHS Barnet

NHS Barnet selects SMART for hosted Bank management systems

SMART, a leading supplier of Workforce Management solutions to the NHS and commercial organisations, has today announced that it has been selected by NHS Barnet to supply its Bank management system. The contract which is for a hosted system and was awarded under the London Procurement Project (LPP) Framework Agreement, is for SMART’s Bank Administration solution which will be linked to the Trust’s ESR system for employee data and payroll. The system is to cover 800 employees working in community hospitals and visiting people in their homes. This is the first Bank Management system contract to be awarded under the new LPP Framework.

The LLP Framework Agreement provides an agreed shortlist of providers suitable for NHS Trusts. All suppliers listed have undergone a rigorous assessment process by the LPP.

Tristan Spencer, Health Market Director at SMART commented; “By selecting SMART Bank Administration NHS Barnet is harnessing technology to solve a significant problem, that of ensuring that the right person is in the right place at the right time and at the right price.”

Mr Spencer continued; “NHS Barnet has chosen to implement the SMART system as a hosted software service. This will minimise workload and effort for the Trust during implementation, and will ensure that they are up and running with a live system quickly, with a high availability for staff. By ensuring that the available staff with the most appropriate skill levels are used to fill shift vacancies the trust expects to improve healthcare provision across Barnet, while reducing the amount of budget spent on expensive agency staff. ”

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NOTES TO EDITORS


About SMART
Established in 1986, SMART is a leading provider of solutions for workforce management aimed at helping companies to maximise the performance, productivity and value of their people. By implementing SMART’s technology, organisations can expect to achieve a sustainable reduction in their people costs of up to 10%.
SMART’s web-based workforce management solutions manage complex shifts and annualised hours to ensure adequate staffing to meet fluctuating demands, which results in reduced absenteeism and recruitment costs, an end to spiralling overtime and an improvement in productivity. Importantly, the software helps to improve employee relationships through the use of powerful self-service and the ability to implement flexible working patterns.

SMART in Healthcare
In 2001, SMART was selected by the NHS and McKesson as the best of breed provider of e-rostering and time and attendance solutions for the National ESR programme. SMART is able to deliver fully integrated workforce management solutions for all nursing, medical, administrative and support services in the NHS. SMART is uniquely positioned to provide proven secure, reliable and fully automated ESR integration, which have been rigorously tested and accepted by ESR.

HMT Systems
In December 2009 SMART acquired HMT Systems. HMT pioneered the first rostering systems for the NHS in 1997 and recently launched its flagship product RosterPro Central which has been developed using the very latest technology.

Together SMART and HMT provide comprehensive solutions to a significant proportion of the UK Healthcare market.

Over 600 organisations worldwide benefit from SMART’s and HMT’s solutions and services in both the private and public sectors. Customers include Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, Ocado, Gist, Habitat, Jaguar, JCB, Mandarin Oriental, Sainsbury's, Swissport, Trailfinders, Tussauds Group, and Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service.

For more information, please visit www.smart-workforce.com.

For information relating specifically to the NHS sector, please visit: www.smart-rostering.co.uk

For press enquiries, please contact:

Lucy Caudle, Marketing Manager,
SMART
Telephone: 01438 822229
Email: lucyc@smart-workforce.com


Andreina West, PR Artistry
Telephone: 01491 639500
Email: andreina@pra-ltd.co.uk

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