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SMART go live with Timesheet solution for 20,000 NHS staff - 26/04/2007

SMART, the leading provider of rostering and workforce management solutions to the NHS has gone live with a unique timesheet solution for 20,000 staff across six NHS Trusts in the Manchester area. The solution enables the distribution of timesheet data entry out to department administrators.

Trust wide implementations of the software include employees at; Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health NHS Trust, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Royal Hospital NHS Trust, South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, Christie Hospital NHS Trust and Manchester Primary Care Trust.

The Timesheet system enables rapid and secure entry of timesheet data by department administration clerks for approval and submission to the Electronic Staff Records (ESR) payroll solution, that has been implemented in all of these Trusts as part of 'Wave 7'of the ESR national programme for the NHS.

Using the most advanced Microsoft.NET and SQL Server technology, the Timesheet solution enables speedy and optimised deployment across large numbers of users across a Trusts Intranet, without the need for a desktop installed application, significantly reducing the costs of implementation.

Tristan Spencer, Director - Health Market at SMART explains, 'Using a secure login, department administrators are presented with a simplified view of a list of staff and the appropriate payroll elements that need to be keyed in. Once the data is entered it is electronically approved by the line manager responsible for the appropriate staff groups. A key benefit is that the information can go through a second level of approval and then be posted seamlessly into the ESR payroll system'.

SMART is the leading provider of workforce management and time and attendance solutions, delivering integrated web-based workforce management, it's software combines time and attendance, automatic workforce rostering, staff self service, absence management and real-time reporting - tools that enable businesses to reduce staff administration costs and manage staffing levels, whilst improving productivity, patient service and employee work-life balance.

In 2001, SMART was selected by McKesson as the best of breed provider of Time, Attendance and Rostering solutions for the National Electronic Staff Records (E.S.R.) programme for the NHS. SMART is uniquely positioned to provide proven E.S.R. integration, NHS functionality and experience to deliver the business benefits sought by the NHS today. Subject to many of the same criteria and constraints as the private sector, the modern NHS Trust must achieve demanding targets and standards of service. With people at the heart of the vast majority of healthcare organisations, improved workforce management has for some time been identified as one of the key ways to reduce extraneous costs whilst protecting the quality of patient care. Delivering flexible staff rostering, time and attendance management, process automation and HR and Payroll integration SMART's solution for Healthcare enables NHS Trusts and other Healthcare organisations to manage rostering, attendance and enhanced payments. Helping to reduce costs whilst ensuring the right staff with the right skills are deployed at all times to maximise availability.

SMART offers its solutions to the NHS with the following levels of functionality:

• Level 1 - Electronic data entry of timesheet information for distribution to department administrators
• Level 2 - Automatic and Self Rostering functionality
• Level 3 - Level 2 + Automatic capture of attendance
  
  For further information and images or to arrange an interview to support this release please contact:
  
  Lucy Caudle, Marketing Manager
  
  Tel: 01438 822229
  
  Fax: 01438 822240
  
  Email: lucyc@smart-workforce.com