Gareth Bennett and Rob Gorringe, who both work as locum paramedics in the north of England, have unveiled ‘Beebo’ – a cloud-based system designed to handle all aspects of team administration, from rostering and document management, to mandatory training and incident logging, in one place.
Two practising paramedics have launched a new online HR tool for the health and social care sector, after putting their new creation to the test throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gareth Bennett and Rob Gorringe, who both work as locum paramedics in the north of England, have unveiled ‘Beebo’ – a cloud-based system designed to handle all aspects of team administration, from rostering and document management, to mandatory training and incident logging, in one place.
The system’s launch had originally been planned for March but was postponed due to the pandemic. However, realising the benefits their tool could bring to the virus response, Rob and Gareth offered use of the technology for free, to any health or social care service.
Gareth Bennett, said: “When we came up with the idea for Beebo, we didn’t ever expect to launch the system in the middle of a global pandemic, but it’s meant we’ve been able to trial our new technology in a truly unique situation, while supporting the nation’s health and social care response to the virus, too.
“Having worked extensively as both practicing paramedics, advanced practitioners and as service managers for a community provider, Rob and I saw the need for a tool that brings together all aspects of team administration and compliance in one place, simplifying processes and reporting at a more realistic cost.
“With the current situation putting increased pressure on local authorities and the NHS, it made sense to offer the system to those organisations that need it, so they can stay on top of the administrative side of things throughout what is undoubtedly an incredibly difficult time.”
During the last few months, the tool has been used to coordinate and administer a range of projects addressing health and social care requirements throughout the pandemic, such as administrating and ensuring full compliance standards were met for the provision of infection prevention training, for hundreds of unpaid carers across the country, enabling teams to be established much quicker than usual.
The UK’s pandemic response highlighted a massive increase in collaborative working across different health and social care organisations, as well as an even bigger emphasis on administrative tasks, documentation and compliance – all of which Beebo was built to support.
The software offers provider collaboration, meaning NHS Trusts and Local Authorities can create secure partnerships with other providers and, with permission, share workers’ compliance documents to support service delivery.
Beebo also provides automated reporting directly to commissioners, enabling Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to track monthly figures live in their dashboards.
Gareth added: “With the current situation putting increased pressure on local authorities and the NHS, it made sense to offer the system to those organisations that need it, so they can stay on top of the administrative side of things throughout what is undoubtedly an incredibly difficult time.
“We were thrilled in our trials to see that Beebo had a real impact on the speed and efficiency of these tasks and it’s an honour to have played our part at a time when the health service is facing such unprecedented pressure.”
Free two-month trials of Beebo are available. For further information, visit www.beebo.team
