One of the biggest pressures currently affecting the NHS is a shortage of staff. The past year has witnessed an unprecedented number of people leaving their positions in the NHS, exacerbating the strain on healthcare organisations and their remaining staff, and resulting in overwhelming workloads.
One of the ways the NHS could help take some of the strain off its staff members is by streamlining processes to make them more efficient. This could cut down on unnecessary time spent on admin tasks and help lessen the pressure put onto employees.
One process that currently takes a lot of time from Registration Authorities is the admin surrounding NHS smartcards, by making this process simpler organisations could save their RA staff a significant amount of time, along with staff members using smartcards.
Organisations currently using physical smartcards are on average spending 20 minutes of Registration Authorities (RA) time each time a smart card is issued or replaced. Then there is the addition time it takes out of the card holders time to pick up the card from their RA’s office. On average this takes nearly an hour of staff time away from organisations.
All admin work surrounding physical smartcards needs to be done by Registration Authorities, causing them hours of work. This amounts to a huge time spending across NHS organisations, and often leads to large workloads that puts stain on staff.
Here are some ways in which physical smartcards can impact the efficiency of your organisation and its personnel:
- Issuing a physical smartcard to a member of staff takes 20 minutes, plus the travel time for card holders.
- Reissuing a physical smartcard also takes 20 minutes on RA time.
- A physical smartcard requires an RA to reset a password and cannot be done by the cardholder.
Advanced Virtual Smartcard offers the same access as physical smartcards, but with enhanced efficiency and security, and much less admin time. This means the NHS can relieve stress from their current staff members and save on the cost of replacing any RA staff members who have recently left their roles.
Advanced Virtual Smartcard cuts down on unnecessary admin time, putting the power of basic admin into the hands of the users, drastically cutting down on the time RAs need to be involved. Here are some of the ways that Virtual Smartcard can save organisations time and money:
- Issuing a Virtual Smartcard is a much quicker process, taking just 10 minutes.
- You can greatly alleviate the workload on your RA staff, reducing it by as much as 75%.
- Card holders have the power to reset their passwords, eliminating the need for RAs to intervene.
- Say goodbye to the hassle of replacing physical smartcards, as everything is now virtual.
There is an inherent cost associated with physical smartcards, including the production expenses and the need for replacement in case of loss, damage, or theft. However, with Advanced Virtual Smartcards, you eliminate the concern of losing or damaging cards.
This not only saves money on replacing the smartcard, but also enhances security by preventing the possibility of a smartcard falling into the wrong hands.
On average an NHS organisation could make an efficiency saving of 75% by switching to Advanced Virtual Smartcard. Get in touch with us today to start a 3 month free trial and start finding out how Advanced Virtual Smartcard can save your organisation time and relieve pressure from your staff.
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