It is our responsibility to provide a higher standard of service and provide a pathway for customers to take advantage of new technologies efficiently and effectively. Total transparency means that tech companies don’t manipulate the speed of implementation when the ultimate goal is to bridge all tech gaps wherever possible to make the everyday lives of our healthcare professionals easier and safer, putting patient-centred care at the forefront.
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce the launch of our multi-product platform which includes four brand new products.
Our new workforce solution ensures a completely streamlined process from predicting staffing needs in advance, improving staff engagement, to free on-demand payment to the clinician after the shift is completed, within both hospital Trusts and General Practice.
Read MoreIn the last month, we’ve seen a number of great initiatives to support our NHS people during the Covid-19 pandemic. From food donations to free car parks and hotel rooms all with the aim to ease the pressure off NHS frontline staff during these difficult times.
In that spirit, we wanted to share a number of amazing projects catering for the mental health and wellbeing of frontline staff which is critical to their health, their patients' lives and our country.
Read MoreOur priority is to continue developing new digital tools to respond to the immediate and evolving needs of our front line colleagues in the NHS.
We have now released our Covid-19 Workforce Intelligence Navigator (WIN), allowing NHS organisations to better predict their workforce needs in the coming weeks and months, and enabling them to have the appropriate clinical cover already in place when required.
Read MoreIt’s been an exciting start to the year here at Locum’s Nest as in only two weeks we have launched in 3 new NHS Foundation Trusts and nearly 100 GP Practices, providing clinicians using Locum’s Nest with increased flexibility of work scope and workload.
Dr Nicholas Andreou, Co-Founder of Locum’s Nest says, “These new partnerships will, like all our existing ones, save millions each year whilst at the same time deliver better service to their clinicians, their admin staff and of course their patients!”
Read MoreAhmed and I know as well as anyone that transparent, collaborative working within the NHS is the most effective way to get the highest standard of work done, in the most efficient way, and importantly make patients well again. The last few years that we’ve witnessed within the NHS have been some of its hardest. As budgets are stretched to breaking point and every penny is scrutinised, rather than coming together as one NHS, pools of money have been separated and allocated to individual Trusts. This has led to a separation of resources, staff and ultimately formed silos of communication within the NHS.
Read MoreFor a company which is just three years old, winning a single award this year would have made me very proud. As we finish 2019, Locum’s Nest has won not just one award, but four. It’s not why we do what we do, but my god it feels good!
Read MoreWe are immensely proud to be launching The Digital Collaborative Bank, the NHS’ largest medical digital collaborative staff bank for doctors in partnership with 7 Acute NHS Trusts.
The Digital Collaborative Bank, which is powered by the Locum’s Nest proprietary technology, provides doctors with an advanced online platform to access shifts at all participating Trusts. The platform aims to create, for the first time, one national staffing pool across the whole of the NHS, and, in turn, save it £1 billion by 2023.
Read MoreWith more and more organisations becoming available on the app, what better time to highlight some best practices to ensure you are getting the most out of the app.
Read MoreIt’s been a triumphant summer for us here at Locum’s Nest HQ. In this short period of time, we’ve been quite busy – to say the very least. The reason? We’ve been working day in and day out to launch our clever, award-winning tech solution in four new NHS Trusts, including a mental health Trust, as well as in the largest private medical slimming group in the country, providing locums with increased flexibility of work scope and workload.
Read MoreThe NHS Trusts of Mid and South Essex University Hospitals Group have appointed Locum’s Nest to help grow and improve the Staff Bank for doctors, ahead of the Trusts merging together to become a single organisation.
Read MoreWe’re over the moon to announce that former Sage CEO Stephen Kelly will be joining our Board as a Non-Executive Director, with immediate effect.
Stephen’s appointment is testament to our road-map to expand our offering rapidly across the health service, freeing up NHS funds which can be redeployed into the frontline and better patient care.
Read MoreHere at Locum’s Nest, we understand that for our product to be truly effective, it has to be accessible to all our users - new and existing. Our Head of Design, Jason Peart, explains some of the ins and outs of what goes into transforming and developing the Locum’s Nest vision from concept to reality whilst also explaining the thinking that got us here.
Read MoreThousands of doctors can instantly book shifts using innovative mobile technology, saving the NHS millions.
This month saw the launch of the proudly named “South England Collaborative Staff Bank”; a cross organisational shared workforce agreement between four Trusts working hard to push boundaries and be at the forefront of the NHS workforce revolution.
Read MoreWomen’s presence, achievements and influence in the medical sphere continues to rise. This is a testament to the many women who challenge themselves and society to break through glass ceilings and reconsider traditional thoughts on medicine, healthcare and gender.
Read MoreDoctors are notorious for making mistakes when it comes to managing their money. We’ve looked in to some of the most common mistakes we make - avoid these 6 things to better enjoy your hard-earned savings.
Read MoreOne of our top users? Like the VIP treatment and exclusive access? Read on about our new Concierge Service.
Read MoreWhen I found out about Locum’s Nest and met with the team I recognised it as an opportunity to positively impact change in the NHS, system-wide. It was the change I needed after 18 months working as a junior doctor in the NHS left me feeling frustrated but inspired. Frustrated at a system that was under-resourced and over-utilised, but inspired by what was achieved daily for patients by dedicated staff, and the belief that the system could be changed to reach its incredible potential.
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