HIYH Impact Report 2024 | Page 33

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Impact
The project has been highly complex , and we ’ ve faced several challenges around aligning processes , practices and training …. However , working together with representatives across the three trusts and Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber , we ’ ve been able to work through these challenges and develop collaborative solutions . The support from Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber has been pivotal to successful delivery of the project .”
of the Mental Health Collaborative Staff Bank :

1,459 staff enrolled

Sonya Robertshaw , Workforce Project Lead , Mental Health , Learning Disabilities and Autism Programme
support workers , registered nurses , admin and estates professionals , allied health professionals and scientific and therapeutic workers . Members of staff who have joined the staff bank have had the opportunity to book more shifts and work flexibly across a wider variety of trust sites and services .
The initiative piloted in December 2023 , with seven volunteers from Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust , South West Yorkshire NHS Foundation Trust
and Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust testing the new system and highlighting any issues . At the end of January 2024 , the bank formally launched for all support worker and registered nursing staff , and within 48 hours the trusts had seen over 200 members of staff opting to join on the bank ’ s microsite .
There are now 1,459 members of staff enrolled . We are continuing to see an increase in the number of shifts being picked up and a
Unfilled hours per quarter reduced by ...

45 %
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