The trust that runs King’s Mill and Mansfield Community hospitals has won an award for using technology to improve clinical and performance targets by ensuring safe staffing levels.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust was praised at the annual Allocate Awards, which brought together NHS organisations that use Allocate Software to develop their workforce.

The trust has used Allocate to implement a system that ensures safe and efficient staffing. It has helped to improve accuracy and quality of care for patients by aligning patient administration systems, paper rotas, job plans and specialist knowledge across departments to ensure that staffing levels were met the most appropriate way.

Head of rostering services at the trust Donna Mariner said: “It was a real culture shift but, by sharing best practice between departments, we overcame any hurdles and the end results have been amazing in terms of operational management and improving our resilience with regards to any staffing gaps.”

The trust was also shortlisted for the operational roster excellence award and the innovative models of workforce planning and deployment at the annual awards celebration.