Beyond temporary staffing: Florence unveils new platform to fix health & care staffing challenges

Florence, the trusted name in temporary staffing for health and social care, has launched a comprehensive flexible workforce management platform. Designed specifically for health and care organisations, it helps manage agencies, as well as permanent, bank, and agency staff—all in one place—saving time and money.

With 2,000+ organisations and 100,000+ healthcare professionals using Florence staffing, they’ve seen first-hand how difficult it is for organisations to manage a contingent workforce and keep shifts covered without high costs or operational challenges. Existing technology, such as neutral vendor platforms that currently service the sector are commonly hard-to-use and not built specifically for the sector. 

Florence’s flexible workforce management platform changes this. Designed for health and care organisations, it simplifies contingent workforce and agency management with a range of tools and features that help providers fill rota gaps quickly and cost-effectively—while also driving up compliance standards.

Speaking about the new platform, Dr. Charles Armitage, CEO & Founder of Florence, said:

“We’re driven to make delivering great care easier and more cost-effective. Existing neutral vendor solutions weren’t cutting it for the health and care sector, so we wanted to put our expertise in both technology and the sector to maximum effect. That’s why we created a platform with tools that solve so many of the challenges of managing a contingent workforce in health & care.”

Florence’s contingent workforce tools include: Agency Manager; a neutral vendor solution for health and care, Bank Manager; a tool for managing bank and perm staff with ease, Temporary staffing; access to 100,000 vetted healthcare professionals and tools to book them, Academy; accredited online training for care organisations which has delivered over 1 million courses.

Organisations can choose to use as few or many of the tools to best solve their challenges. 

It’s proving a huge success, with clients like Four Seasons Healthcare Group experiencing savings of £2.1m on care costs since using Florence’s full range of tools. 

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See how Florence can help your organisation save time and money on care: https://www.florence.co.uk/care-organisations/

For press enquiries, please contact:
Hayley Male - Head of Marketing
Hayley.male@florence.co.uk
07738 765 162

About Florence 

 

Our story

Dr. Charles Armitage, an NHS veteran, saw firsthand how difficult it was to fill staffing gaps in hospitals. The process was slow and inefficient, while agencies bombarded nurses and carers with calls and emails—yet still struggled to approve timesheets or pay wages on time. 

In 2016, believing there had to be a better way to manage a contingent workforce, Dr. Charles teamed up with Dan Blake, a social care expert, to create Florence. Together, they built a team of health, care, and technology specialists, all focused on providing the tools to solve the challenges faced by the sector—making flexible staffing simpler, faster, and more effective.

Florence’s range of flexible-workforce management tools:

 

Agency Manager

Make managing staffing agencies stress-free with the easiest and most cost-effective neutral vendor solution on the market—made just for health and social care organisations.

 

Bank Manager

Alert your bank or perm staff to rota gaps before you spend on agency. Get the shift filled, fast, without the faff.

 

Temporary staffing 

Choose from over 100k vetted health and care professionals you can trust. Use our intuitive tools to book them with ease.

 

Academy

Train health and care staff or keep them compliant. We have 100s of accredited health and care courses available on our online training platform–Academy.