East Cheshire NHS Trust has awarded the running of its HR service to arvato, the contract will see arvato manage and operate the Trust’s HR service provider known as Cheshire HR Service.

The contract is expected to deliver significant costs savings with results that can be achieved rapidly, increased efficiencies and improving the overall service offering of the HR department.

The transition of services to arvato is expect to be finalised by April 2013, with the awarding of the new contract opening up further NHS opportunities for the company.

The contract comes on the back of its public sector success in securing the operation of the UK Government's first shared service centre.

John Wilbraham, Chief Executive, East Cheshire NHS Trust, said: ““The time is right to hand the HR Service over to a strategic commercial partner to take the service forward, leverage its success and ensure it reaches its full potential.”

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