A method for allocating locums to available medical shifts

摘要

A method of allocating locums to available medical shifts, each shift involving specified work at a respective entity over a predetermined time period. The method utilises a base station 1 adapted to receive a shift request from a remote end station 3A and access shift data stored in a store, the shift data representing respective available shifts. The base station provides an indication of one or more available shifts to the end station 3 in response to the shift request, with the end station providing a shift selection indicating at least a selected shift the locum wishes to work. The base station responds to the shift selection to assign the locum to the shift by modifying the shift data in accordance with the received shift selection to indicate that the shift is no longer available and transferring an indication of the shift selection to the entity.