160 different nursing areas within Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have received e-rostering software to update the previously used paper based system.

The rollout extends an initial rollout to just 54 nursing areas within the trust, which over a three year period saved £750, 000.

E-rostering project manager for the Trust, Phildah Chifamba said that the Trust wanted to introduce an IT based system in order to optimise workflow, in contrast to the inefficient and time consuming paper based system of the past. Phildah said:"The e-rostering system allows users to see the pending requests and help managers to see which nurse has requested annual leave before another. When we were using paper rotas there was no audit trail."