New Feature: Covid-19 Workforce Intelligence Navigator
Our 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.
For the first time, we are triangulating our own user data with government released Covid-19 cases across the UK, and publicly available ICU data, allowing us to help NHS Trusts and hospitals manage their workforce more effectively by matching demand and supply - a critical need during such a pandemic scenario.
So any NHS Trust in the UK will be able to anticipate the number of clinicians they will need and when they will need them, as the pandemic passes through their geography, allowing much better planning, much better provision of services and, naturally, much better patient care.
Alongside the dashboard, the Locum’s Nest Digital Passport which is being used across the country has evolved to accommodate for Covid-19 self-isolation reporting which will allow NHS organisations to better plan for the increased levels of sickness across the country.
Co-founder Nicholas Andreou says, “As we understand it, no-one else is triangulating infection cases, shift vacancies and the supply of doctors. We think this is an intelligent use of data and allows for far better workforce planning.
“It’s clear that the virus emerges after 10-14 days incubation, and most Trusts now have an idea of percentages requiring ICU support; so, understanding the full picture of where you are now allows you to understand your need in 10-14 days time, which could be crucial as we try to save as many lives as possible.”
In addition, we have also introduced a useful Covid-19 Dashboard, now live on the Locum’s Nest app. Follow the Covid-19 icon on the homepage of the app to directly link you to Public Health England’s real-time data.
The dashboard allows any clinician accessing it to easily view the total number of cases in both numerical and graphical format. Importantly, it allows you to break down the cases into a more detailed, regional level which can be viewed on an interactive map of the country.
As the pandemic unfolds we hope that this addition to the app will act as a useful shortcut for quick and easy access to real-time data and the evolution of Covid-19 cases nationally, particularly in the areas which have personal and clinical significance to our individual users.
We take great value in user feedback and now, more than ever, we are open to hearing from you if there's anything more you feel we can be doing to help during the outbreak. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us on covid.response@locumsnest.co.uk if you have any questions or if there’s anything we can do to help.