笔补迟肠丑飞辞谤办听贬别补濒迟丑, the healthcare staffing platform founded by doctors, has raised 拢3.5m to accelerate its mission to solve the NHS burnout crisis. 听
The funding, from听Praetura听Ventures and BMJ听New Ventures, comes as an NHS workforce ’emergency’听is declared and waiting lists reach record听highs.听
Founded in 2016 by NHS doctors Anas Nader and Jing Ouyang, Patchwork Health鈥檚 workforce technology and services are used by over 70 NHS sites to fill vacant shifts and offer staff flexible working, helping to stem the tide of clinicians leaving the health service due to burnout and poor work-life balance. 听
The NHS currently has 90,000 vacancies and 1 in 5 staff are considering quitting due to rising levels of stress and exhaustion. Services provided by Patchwork – which featured on our MedTech 50 ranking recently – have so far enabled over 1.7 million hours of NHS shifts to be sustainably staffed and saved the NHS an estimated 拢21 million in temporary staffing fees.听
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During the pandemic, a Patchwork-powered COVID-19 staff bank for听doctors in听North West听London saw 14 local hospitals (including Chelsea Westminster and Imperial) create a shared pool of staff to cover absences and respond to peaks in demand.听
Since then, a range of collaborative听鈥榮taff banks鈥櫶齢ave become permanent听fixtures across the UK. This includes the largest collaborative staff bank in the country, after Patchwork brought together over 18 NHS Trusts and 6,000 doctors in the听North West听of England.听听
鈥淭he NHS is facing a workforce crisis. Burnout听is at record levels and more staff are planning to leave than ever before,鈥澨鼶r Nader said.听鈥淎nd the systems which manage the NHS workforce are exacerbating the problem.听听
鈥淎s a doctor, I know how frustrating it is to feel like a number on a spreadsheet rather than a human being听with a life outside of work – it鈥檚 a key driver in pushing people out of the healthcare profession.听听
鈥淚f we鈥檙e reaching burnout, we have two options: put up with it or quit. Our technology and services are making a different, better way possible.听听
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鈥淲e鈥檙e already partnering with over 70 NHS sites听to tackle the root causes of burnout, offer full-time and temporary staff more choices, and create stronger staffing foundations for hospitals. Through our technology and services, flexible work and safely staffed wards can go hand in hand.听听
鈥淲e鈥檙e so grateful听to our NHS partners, and听to the teams at听Praetura听Ventures and BMJ New Ventures, for making this possible and enabling us to scale up our services at a time of critical need.鈥�听
David Foreman, Managing Director at听Praetura听Ventures听and Non-Executive Director of Patchwork, added:听鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to be supporting the Patchwork听team. From the moment we met Anas and Jing, we could see the passion for their business. Patchwork is helping to solve a staffing crisis in the NHS.听听
鈥淭hey鈥檝e made real strides over the last 18 months and have the potential to make seismic changes in the way听we organise staff in one of the world鈥檚 largest healthcare systems.鈥澨�听