AWM Consulting engages with clients within the NHS public sector, specialising in the assessment of temporary staffing needs and investigating the opportunities for process, technology and staffing solutions that deliver cost efficiencies.Contact: awmconsulting@btinternet.com

Bank Partners, established over 20 years ago, provides bank management and outsourced staffing services to some of the largest NHS Trusts; Barts Health, UCLH, King’s College in London, Kettering General Hospital to the north and Portsmouth Hospitals in the south. Their current temporary staffing requests exceed 1.6 million hours monthly.Bank Partners have a proven track-record of reducing / eliminating agency spend, achieved through 4 key strategies; identification of need, operation of targeted recruitment campaigns, maintenance of a compliant workforce, maximising productivity through worker retention. The business has significant experience of working at STP level, actively engaging with neighbouring Trusts, ensuring a full understanding of bank and agency supply, enabling an informed discussion to take place on strategic objectives and drive workforce optimisation. Bank Partners understand the significant partnership role that they can play in delivering key elements of an STP plan, particularly in relation to ‘Productivity’, working closely with Trust stakeholders to;• Drive continuous improvement,• Challenge demand - preventing over-requesting cover • Challenge the need for agency use• Improve utilisation of bank database, e.g. shift is cancelled/not required, we re-allocate the worker to another ward/shift this ensures service efficiency and cost reduction. the solution:• derives savings, maximising bank fill rates and improving time to hire;• removes duplicate recruitment costs;• simplifies processes, implement automation and collaboration through technology solutions.In 2018 Bank Partners were awarded the HSJ Healthcare Partnership Awards, Recruitment Services Provider of the Year, for work with the Royal London Hospital ACCU team at Barts Health NHS Trust, delivering an in-year 80% decline in agency shifts and a cost reduction of £1.3m.Bank Partners - Caledonia House, 223 Pentonville Road, London N1 9NG https://www.bankpartners.co.uk