New Look Dashboard, Appraisal and Job Plan Forms
Announcing the launch of our new look Dashboard, Appraisal and Job Plan forms
Read more...Latest Articles
New Helpdesk – Now Available!
Announcing the launch of our new helpdesk.
Read more...Admin and Responsible Officer Reopening and Completing reopened Appraisals
We have added functionality for Admins and Responsible Officers to reopen and re-complete appraisals.
Read more...SARD Support Changes and Improvements
Upcoming enhancements to our support services.
Read more...SARD Carbon Reduction Plan
Carbon Reduction Plan
SARD is committed to reducing our carbon imprint and we’re put together a Carbon Reduction Plan to help us achieve our ambitions. View our plan here: SARD Carbon Reduction Plan
Read more...Does Language Really Matter in NHS Job Planning?
In this article, Chris explains what the Core Activity Language Set is, why we’re giving away something so valuable for free and how you can access it for yourself.
Read more...Epic Fail
Recognition is not just a trophy on a shelf; it's a testament to our dedication and impact.
Read more...Embracing Enhanced Security – Our Guide to NHS England's Multi-Factor Authentication Policy
With cyber threats looming ever larger, safeguarding patient data and healthcare systems has never been more critical.
Read more...What is Core Activity Language in Job Planning and Why Should You Care?
Core Activity Language is a standardised language that provides a consistent way to describe and categorise the activities and responsibilities of healthcare professionals in their job plans.
Read more...A New Hope
For many trusts, effective and meaningful workforce planning is elusive and doesn't lead to the results vitally needed in the current environment.
Read more...Engaging Doctors with Job Planning
By ensuring the process is meaningful, inclusive, efficient, and clearly linked to broader trust goals, we can make job planning a more positive and productive experience for all involved.
Read more...The Sock Secret – Why Getting Back to Basics is Vital in Workforce Planning
Mastering the fundamentals in Workforce Planning is paramount. It's not just about avoiding errors; it's about building a sturdy foundation for excellence.
Read more...Simplified Job Planning – Common Questions Answered
Does your current job planning system provide the necessary data when you need it and in a way that genuinely supports decision-making?
Read more...SARD Shortlisted for the 2024 HSJ Partnership Awards
Best Consultancy Partnership with the NHS and Workforce and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year
Read more...Navigating Change – What the GMC 2023 Report Tells Us About the Future of Healthcare
Exploring the transformation in the UK's medical profession, especially in workforce dynamics, through the lens of the latest GMC workforce report.
Read more...2023/24 Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
During the upcoming holiday period, SARD’s live user and technical support will be available on all official working days. We also have a new protocol around patient feedback.
Read more...Appraisals - Important, but Also Useless…
Appraisal must be for all staff. The post-Shipman response effectively singled out medics for additional scrutiny, the idea that only medics require scrutiny was always fallacious and left the door wide open for Letby.
Read more...The Undeniable Truth – Even Experts Need Help with Workforce Planning in Healthcare
It’s okay to ask for help. In fact, it's more than okay... it's necessary. The strongest leaders aren’t those who can do it all alone – they’re the ones who know when to reach for the phone and dial in...
Read more...What Good Looks Like – Workforce Planning in the NHS
What is the best way to workforce plan with our current tools and resources? What does good look like?
Read more...It’s not your fault! The Levels of Attainment (LoA) have led you up a difficult path... but we have a map!
Getting a Job Planning system, no matter how easy it is to either implement or use, should be just one component of a much broader project.
Read more...Previous Articles
- What is Core Activity Language in Job Planning and Why Should You Care?
- A New Hope
- Engaging Doctors with Job Planning
- The Sock Secret – Why Getting Back to Basics is Vital in Workforce Planning
- Simplified Job Planning – Common Questions Answered
- SARD Shortlisted for the 2024 HSJ Partnership Awards
- Navigating Change – What the GMC 2023 Report Tells Us About the Future of Healthcare
- 2023/24 Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- Appraisals - Important, but Also Useless…
- The Undeniable Truth – Even Experts Need Help with Workforce Planning in Healthcare
- What Good Looks Like – Workforce Planning in the NHS
- It’s not your fault! The Levels of Attainment (LoA) have led you up a difficult path... but we have a map!
- I TOLD an AI How I'd Solve the NHS Workforce Crisis - Surprising Results?
- I ASKED an AI How It Would Solve the NHS Workforce Crisis - Surprising Results?
- Appraisal and Revalidation for All
- What is Capacity and Demand Management in the NHS and Why Does it Matter?
- SARD Workforce Optimisation – The Strategy is Delivery
- Automatic Reminders - Why They Can’t (and Shouldn't) be Ignored!
- The Unsung Guide to NHS Workforce Planning – Why Demand and Capacity is SO Important
- Quick Guide – Understanding the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan 2023
- NHS Workforce Planning – Challenges and Strategic Approaches
- The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan 2023 – A Comprehensive Strategy with Room for Further Consideration
- Insiders Guide to Buying NHS Workforce Systems, Services, and Beyond Part Three - Searching for the Perfect Fit
- Insiders Guide to Buying NHS Workforce Systems, Services, and Beyond Part Two - Investigating Your Options
- Insiders Guide to Buying NHS Workforce Systems, Services, and Beyond Part One - Understanding the Differences
- Sorry! We can't simply solve your problems, but we can enable the solutions...
- Prize Draw 2023 Terms and Conditions
- Happy birthday, NHS?
- Navigating Medical Job Planning in the NHS - 10 Top Questions Answered!
- Navigating the Future of NHS Workforce Management - Unveiling the Top Five Trends for 2023/24
- The Big Lie
- Demystifying the NHS's Levels of Attainment for e-Job Planning and What it Means for You and Your Trust.
- Evolving Together – Asking the Right Questions to Deliver the Best Solutions
- Unlocking the NHS Workforce Puzzle
- System Update (March 2023)
- The Limitations of Individual Job Planning – Why Demand-Based Planning is Essential for the NHS
- Medical Revalidation - webinar recording – March 2023
- Looking after Physician Associates
- New feature – MPIT Form
- A Year in Review 2022
- The Perfect Serve
- SARD named as supplier on G-Cloud 13 Framework
- System Update (Dec 2022)
- 2022/23 Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- Doing the hard work to make good ideas real
- A breath of fresh air
- A chance meeting that changed my life
- If you always buy what you've always bought...
- Goodbye, Francesca - thank you! and please stay in touch...
- ESR Replacement - a £1.7 billion accident waiting to happen
- System Update (Sept 2022)
- The Goldilocks principle
- The future is modular, just like SARD
- Prof Joe McDonald joins SARD as Medical Director
- Getting leave right for Dr Jake
- Private Practice Scope of Work Report
- Delay to Physician Associate and Anaesthesia Associate regulations
- Successful Quiz Night for KMMS
- System Update (Mar 2022)
- AHP Job Planning - webinar recording
- Physician Associate and Anaesthesia Associate regulation is changing
- QR Up and Running!
- Trivia-ectomy – Getting Answers Out of You
- System Update (Dec 2021)
- Medical Revalidation - webinar recording
- New SARD products
- Junior Doctor Book recommendations
- SARD is nearly 10!
- Thank you for attending the SARD User Event
- 2021/22 Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- Foundry UI Upgrade
- New Technology, Old Fashioned Values
- Infrastucture - An Order of Magnitude
- Medical Job Planning - webinar recording
- eRostering - webinar recording
- Physician Associates Revalidation - webinar recording
- eLeave - Calendar Subscriptions
- The ASPAT is live!
- AHP Job Planning - webinar recording
- A Day in the Life of – Charlotte, Project Manager for SARD JV
- NHS Health Systems Support Framework Lot 0
- Sales and Customer Service Power Up
- SARD User Event 2021 - Registration now open!
- ESR Wrapper - webinar recording
- System Update (June 2021)
- Managing Leave
- A Day in the Life of – Christy, Senior Customer Support for SARD JV
- eRostering - Shift Swaps
- A Day in the Life of – Claire, Software Developer for SARD JV
- The SARD Prize for Kent and Medway Medical School
- The Appraisal Summary and PDP Audit Tool (ASPAT)
- I Want More Ketchup on My Burger - a story about why open-source is good for everyone
- System Update (March 2021)
- eRostering - The Solution
- SARD User Event 2021 - Save The Date
- Paying Off Technical Debt
- Thanks To Those Who Endure
- So, how do we build Rosters anyway?
- System Update (Dec 2020)
- Tick-tock - how SARD is preparing for the Brexit deadline
- SARDisms Christmas Shopping List...we’ve got you covered
- 2020/21 Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- AHP Job Planning
- System Update (Sept 2020)
- Online Patient Feedback
- Medical Appraisals are Changing
- eRostering New Features
- Listen to our new podcast, SARDism
- Improvement Request Form
- SARD API User Guide
- ESR Wrapper API
- Appraiser Training Evidence
- eRostering The Next Generation
- SARD in the time of Covid
- Appraisal Lead Report Improvements
- SARD User Event - postponed until March 2021
- Our New Video Player
- Maximising AOA Compliance
- New JobPlan Overview
- Our 2020 Vision
- eRostering Humble Beginnings
- Development of the SARD API
- System Update (Dec 2019)
- 2019/20 Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- MSF Revamp
- Customer Support Team Leader
- System Update (July 2019)
- Let's Talk About Spex, Baby
- Improving Accessibility for Colour Blind Users
- Fundraising in aid of Kent and Medway Medical School
- SARD User Event 2019 - date and venue confirmed
- System Update (March 2019)
- Deal or No Deal? SARD is ready for Brexit
- Leaning in to 2019
- Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- SARD User Event - thank you
- Remembering Jonathan Wood
- Infrastructure Update
- We Will, We Will Rock UI
- Hard Refreshing Your Browser
- Knowing me, Knowing UI
- New Canterbury Office
- SARD User Event - date and venue confirmed
- Happy Birthday Mum!
- Say N0 2 S1Lly P4$$words
- Why it is important to upgrade your browser
- New members of the Customer Support Team
- How we are preparing for GDPR
- Migrating from Legacy Systems
- Work at SARD
- SARD User Event
- Changes to the SARD Board
- Vitality London 10000 in aid of Crisis
- How AI is going to change medicine forever.
- Administrator Refresher Training
- SARD achieves ISO 27001 certification from the British Assessment Bureau
- SARD's new User Interface
- Appraisal Month FAQ
- Supporting Crisis
- Finalists!
- Chat Operators Are Human Too
- My Annualisation Horribulus
- Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- New Infrastructure Changes
- New My eDocuments Page
- SARD eRostering
- Get Ready for GDPR!
- Bespoke Appraisal Reminders
- Job Plan Improvements
- World Mental Health Day
- The Lake of Discontent
- Why software deadlines are hard to predict
- How to protect the NHS from hacking, forever and completely
- Job Plan Templates
- SARD eLeave
- Real Human Relations
- Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- New SARD User Guides
- SARD launches new Appraisal Month Functionality
- Welcome new recruits!
- Don't bring me solutions, bring me problems.
- Great Customer Service begets Great Everything
- Turning off the targeting computer
- SARD Nurse and Midwife Revalidation
- Lights, Cameras, Action!
- Codebar
- Automatic Reminders
- Customer Service without a Script
- Great South Run
- Test-Driven Development for the Non-Programmer
- Slow Is Fast
- The Golden Circle
- Running SARD
- Understanding Our Users
- The Dichotomy of Appraisals
- Annual Organisational Audit and the QIT
- This Week
- Customer service in our sleep
- Silicon Triangle
- SARD launches new partnership with Mind in Croydon
- In Development - SARD announces development of Appraisal for all system
- i-Luddite
- The Great South Run for Mind in Croydon
- Back to work
- Nurse Appraisal Conference
