Case Study by Flexzo

How One NHS Trust Could Save £382,914 While Cutting ENT Waiting Lists

How One NHS Trust Could Save £382,914 While Cutting ENT Waiting Lists

Projection analysis: How 46.4% RTT compliance could be transformed using AI-powered workforce automation

The Current Reality

7,091 patients waiting 46.4% RTT compliance (target: 92%) £3.6 million being lost to provider margins annually

The Challenge: Traditional Insourcing Draining NHS Funds

Based on current data from this Midlands trust, their ENT service faces:

  • £3,120 cost per 20-patient ENT clinic using traditional insourcing
  • -£7.08 net loss per patient treated
  • 30% provider margins draining NHS budgets
  • 355 additional clinics needed to clear the current backlog
  • Months of planning required for additional capacity deployment

The Flexzo Solution: What Could Be Achieved

If this trust implemented Flexzo’s AI platform, they could potentially achieve:

  • £1,800 cost per 20-patient ENT clinic
  • +£1,313 retained spend per clinic session
  • 0% third-party margins – all funds staying within the NHS
  • Same 355 clinics but planned and staffed automatically
  • Days not months to deploy additional capacity

How Flexzo Could Transform Their Workforce Management

AI-Powered Clinic Planning Service managers would input specialty, target dates, and patient volumes. Our AI would calculate required clinics, generate optimised rotas, and match compliant staff automatically.

110,000+ Compliant Candidates Instant access to fully verified healthcare professionals with real-time compliance checks, availability matching, and direct booking capability.

Zero Third-Party Fees No agency margins. No insourcing provider fees. All NHS funding would stay within the NHS where it belongs.

Success-Based Pricing Our pricing is tied to the savings achieved, ensuring genuine partnership and mutual benefit with NHS trusts.

The Potential Impact: One Specialty, Massive Savings

This £382,914 potential saving represents just one specialty at one trust.

If this model were applied across gynaecology, orthopaedics, dermatology, and other services, it could potentially return millions to NHS patient care while dramatically improving RTT performance across the board.

The 355 additional clinics needed to clear the ENT backlog could be planned and staffed in days, not months, using Flexzo’s automation.

The mathematics are clear: if one specialty at one trust could save nearly £400,000, imagine what system-wide implementation could achieve.

Stop Losing Money to Insourcing Margins

Every day trusts continue with traditional insourcing providers, they’re paying 30% margins that could be going directly to patient care.

This Midlands trust currently spends £12.3 million annually on insourcing. £3.6 million of that goes to pure provider profit.

Flexzo’s AI platform could eliminate those margins entirely while delivering faster staffing, better compliance, and improved patient outcomes.

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About This Analysis

Based on real NHS RTT data from a mid-sized Midlands trust. ENT outpatient service selected as representative specialty facing typical workforce and compliance challenges. Cost projections based on Treatment Function Code 120 tariffs and standard insourcing provider margins.

Potential results calculated using Flexzo’s AI-powered workforce automation platform, which could eliminate third-party fees while maintaining full NHS compliance and quality standards.