After providing East Cheshire NHS Trust with expected savings of at least £1.5 million through HR transformation, arvato has been rewarded with the expansion of its contract with the Trust.

The four-year agreement has been extended to incorporate two new services: the Trust has commissioned “Governance Direct”, a new central governance information portal accessible for all employees, along with a new workforce analysis service.

Some of the money saved through the transformation of Cheshire NHS’s HR services has been directly reinvested back into patient care. 99 per cent of employees at the Trust still deem the HR service to be “good” or “excellent”.

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