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Lantum

24th November 2017

A cloud-based tool built to help NHS Providers build virtual clinical staff banks and fill empty shifts in rotas.

“Lantum thoroughly understand the Five Year Forward View and have assembled a team to support delivery of the plans by working in partnership with GPs and practices to work smarter and reduce the additional burden on surgeries from changing workforce dynamics.”

Dr Tarun Gupta, GP, Birmingham

Summary:
Lantum is a bespoke staffing management platform for NHS providers, designed by doctors and rota managers over five years. Lantum offers a secure online environment where providers can advertise shifts for their own clinical staff to book at any time via any device. The tool integrates with clinical staff calendars to efficiently match available clinicians with open shifts. The smartphone app for clinical staff allows them to cover shifts quickly on the go 24/7. Clinicians love Lantum because of the easy-to-use tools to help them manage their time and automate all of their work-related administration. Lantum has been adopted by 40 GP Federations across the UK and aims to support more healthcare providers across all staff grades.

Challenge/problem identified:
Melissa Morris, the founder and CEO, came up with the idea of Lantum whilst working at NHS London, recognising how much time, effort and money was wasted on organising rotas as well as on filling gaps through agencies. £3.5 billion annually is spent on recruitment agencies in the NHS. Lantum also improves clinician engagement, ensuring that only relevant shifts are matched with clinicians rather than bombarding them with long emails listing jobs they could not do. The software tools that Lantum provides to clinicians, frees up hours of their time previously spent completing pension forms and creating invoices.

Impact:

£3 million savings for the NHS in under five years by providing a free platform for providers to manage their existing clinical workforce
5 million patient appointments have been fulfilled by the GPs on Lantum
£200,000 savings for the average Federation or Urgent Care Centre per annum by adopting Lantum versus using a recruitment agency
Support to meet CQC requirements – rota managers can improve governance processes by creating cloud-based profiles for staff
30% to 50% more shifts being filled by providers’ own clinical staff banks, thereby reducing use of agency staff and improving continuity of care