Software Europe saves NHS thousands

Software Europe's Expenses Health, already used by over 50 NHS clients, has been selected by six further NHS organisations to help save thousands.

Software Europe, the largest provider of online expenses management solutions to the NHS, is pleased to announce the acquisition of six new Expenses Health contracts.

Software Europe’s Expenses Health has already been selected by in excess of 50 NHS organisations with over 140,000 NHS professionals claiming their expenses online, totalling 1.1 million expenses claims per year. Detailed analysis demonstrates that implementing Expenses Health typically delivers Trusts with an average reduction in spend of 15-20%. Implementation and deployment can occur in as little as five weeks, giving a compelling return.

The online solutions provide a faster and more accurate service for employees, making former paper based processes redundant. It can be used to significantly improve compliance, eliminate errors and provide a cost-reducing and greener service.

One of the key features for expenses is the innovative mileage calculation system, to calculate the exact mileage travelled between postcodes, automatically deducting travel to and from home. The technology even allows for further reimbursement for carrying bulky items, and dependant on how many passengers are present, at each stage of the journey.

This quarter, Care Plus, NAViGO, NHS Nottingham County and City and NHS Berkshire and two other NHS organisations have recognised the innovative product as the appropriate choice to simplify their expenses management processes. The stability offered by Software Europe, who are continuing to see growth despite the uncertain economic climate faced by some businesses, is an influencing factor on these decisions. Software Europe is continually reinvesting into product development and recruitment.

James Thompson Business Development Manager, Software Europe commented that as NHS organisations are challenged to £20 Billion of efficiency savings by 2015, increasingly expenses automation is seen as a proven solution for Trust to realise their QIPP savings. The recent purchase of Expenses Health by new commissioning clusters; acute, community, mental health and social enterprises demonstrates the flexibility of the solution for all health service professionals and ease by which organisations can realise financial benefits.

FACRFILE:
• Software Europe is a well-regarded UK supplier of web-based employee expenses and contract management solutions. Since 1989 Software Europe has been delivering exceptional products and high quality service that strive to streamline business processes and reduce spend.
• Expenses Health is a secure, online solution that provides a simple policy compliance process for employees to submit, authorise, reimburse and audit employee business expenses. With an extensive list of benefits Expenses Health includes mileage calculations, self-registration, duty of care management, carbon emission reporting and eForms to automate approval processes such as holiday requests. It is also tailored to suit the NHS with a bi-directional ESR interface.

Please visit their website for further information http://www.nhsexpenses.co.uk/