156 hours of manual saved
35 itchy feet identified (£890k opportunity)
2,343 HR admin tasks performed
6 performance concerns identified (£153k opportunity)
The Challenge
In 2021, Liaison Workforce began working with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust in order to provide the Trust’s HR team and managers with a flexible digital platform in order to deliver learning and development innovation, as well as people support.
The Trust aims to be more proactive by gaining earlier visibility of data and focussing on the below goals:
- Reach a larger audience for learning and development needs.
- Support a new approach to coaching and mentoring.
- Identify internal mobility opportunities.
- Recruitment needs and workforce risk planning for absence, retirement, maternity or unexpected increases in service demands.
The Solution
This project has allowed to digitise the manual labour intensive exercise. It uses a survey-like front end to harvest data. But unlike traditional surveys its conversation does not end there as it facilitates signposting and generates valuable workforce intelligence, which provides a forward view.
The benefit to the Trust will be an opportunity to retain more key individuals that are at risk of leaving and begin recruiting earlier to reduce the number of times a position is left vacant which impacts service delivery.
Currently, we have identified 114 planned new roles that the Trust was not aware of before this exercise. And of these, 60 out of the 114 new roles are now on track to be worked on ahead of time.
The Outcomes
When the first ten months of the project were reviewed, it was found that the Trust had achieved a 72% reduction in their average monthly agency spend, amounting to £360k of savings each month.
We have continued this partnership into 2024/25, working alongside the Trust to guide and advise on further savings, achieving:
People Planning has saved the Trust 156 manual hours of collating data, and 2,434 hours of HR admin tasks which have been performed automatically that would have been manual.
People Planning has so far helped to identify 35 itchy feet with an opportunity to save £890k and 6 performance concerns with a £153k saving opportunity. This means the trust can save a total of £1,043,000 by acting now.
125 managers completed this exercise out of a possible 397. This means the Trust could save 4 times as much in a quarter – up to a cost saving opportunity of £4m.
Identified 114 planned new roles that the Trust was not aware of.
Lindsay Roodurmun
Learning & Development Manager
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Business:
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Challenge
Developing a flexible digital platform in order to deliver learning and development innovation, as well as people support
Solutions
Workforce Planning