Unbelievably, April is just around the corner – and, for many of us, this means planning a new year of annual leave for our teams, which is an ideal time to look at ways to streamline the process. Do you find yourself sinking under a pile of holiday requests every week? Is it difficult to…

Practice Index has developed a holiday management system that you and your staff will love. Available for free in the Practice Index HUB, Holiday Manager automatically calculates: Entitlement, including part-time workers Bradford Factor for sickness Hours and sessions Allowances for new starters and leavers It’s quick to set up and easy to use. If you…

Annual leave always presents some interesting challenges. From difficulties in finding cover, to staff who squirrel their leave away until the end of the year, there’s always something leave-related to cause havoc. As employers, we tend to think of the cost of annual leave, both in terms of money and time. Every moment an employee…

With pre-employment checks a necessity in a healthcare environment, making sure you’re ahead of the necessary steps is critical. Well-managed onboarding and offboarding are also vital to the success of your practice. Our HR Package enables you to manage all of your essential HR processes with ease, including HR alerts, records and checks, as well as holidays, sickness and…

This May, not only are we planning for the usual spring bank holidays, but across the United Kingdom we have an additional Monday to factor in, for the Coronation of the King. Inevitably, questions about annual leave entitlements and how bank holidays are calculated will be raised by members of your team! As many practice…

If you’re fed up with manually calculating holidays, juggling leave requests, and tracking other absences, it’s time you tried Holiday Manager. Not only can you manage all team absences – holiday, sickness, parental, study leave, etc. – in one place, but you can authorise requests easily, and ensure you’re meeting the statutory requirements for part-time…

If you run your holiday year from April, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about how you can improve your annual leave processes for the year ahead.   We’ve had incredible feedback from users who have already moved over to Holiday Manager (1315 practices and counting!) and we’re confident you’ll feel equally as pleased to…