One Connected View of Your NHS Teams  

Strategic for leaders, practical for managers, fair for staff

Built for NHS teams, workpal brings staffing, appraisals and learning into one place so managers can spot risks early, cut admin and improve retention.

HOW IT HELPS

How workpal helps you and your team work smarter, stay connected and cut the admin.

Managers

Run your team without the faff.

Build rotas fast with the right skills on shift
Goals, notes and 1:1s that roll into fair reviews
Less admin so you can focus on care

Leaders - HR & Execs

Clearer picture, faster decisions.

Real-time view across sites and services
Track appraisals and compliance without spreadsheets
Align skills to demand to reduce agency spend
Evidence for business cases in a few clicks

Staff

Know what’s expected. See your progress.

Clear goals and feedback in one place
Learning that fits your role and ambitions

“Embedding our values and behaviours into workpal has taken the appraisal process to a new level.”

”workpal is enabling us to understand where our departments are excelling and underperforming.”

“workpal enabled us to develop a robust system all employees can use no matter what their role is within the organisation.”

”workpal gives us the professional curiosity we need as OD practitioners.”

“workpal have a really good understanding of the NHS, our challenges and how these change and how priorities shift.”

Used by more than 60,000 NHS staff across multiple Trusts.

How it Works

Connect your teams – import people, roles and sites
Set what good looks like – goals, review cycles and learning
Run the rhythm – rotas, 1:1s, appraisals and development
See the signals – spot risk early and evidence outcomes

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

Designed for managers, trusted by leaders, better for staff.

Appraisals That Write Themselves

workpal takes the goals, notes and 1:1s captured through the year and rolls them straight into fair, balanced reviews. No more chasing paperwork or trying to remember what happened months ago — managers save hours, staff feel recognised, and reviews become easier, faster and more consistent.

Skills and Rostering

See the skills your team has, where gaps are, and build rotas that put the right people in the right place. Workpal helps balance demand and skills across shifts and services, so Trusts rely less on costly agency staff and managers spend less time firefighting.

Learning & Development

Learning requests are captured throughout the year and linked to objectives, so nothing gets lost in inboxes or filing cabinets. workpal surfaces the right training at the right time — whether it’s mandatory modules or career development — making it easier for staff to progress and for leaders to invest budgets where they have the most impact.

Insights

Simple, real-time reports give leaders and boards a clear picture of progress, compliance and risk. No more backward-looking spreadsheets or scrambling to assemble data at the last minute — workpal puts live workforce insight at your fingertips, ready to share in business cases, exec packs or CQC reviews.

Outcomes

Measurable benefits you can evidence — the numbers leaders need to say yes.

+55%

Faster appraisal completion and better conversations

-75%

Less duplicated admin across services

+25%

Earlier sight of workforce risk

+88%

Improved staff experience and retention

Security & Compliance

workpal is designed with NHS-level security and accessibility as standard. Our platform is listed on the G-Cloud 14 framework and fully Dragon compliant.

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WCAG 2.2 AA accessible

Built to NHS accessibility standards so everyone can use it, whatever their device or ability.

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GDPR-ready data protection

Data protection is baked in — designed around GDPR so information stays secure and compliant.

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UK Data Hosting available

Data can be hosted in the UK for full compliance with NHS and government requirements.

NHS-born, built to back your teams

About us

workpal started inside the NHS, not a tech company. Ray Pendleton, a Director in a local NHS Trust, built a simple tool so managers could spot issues early, support people sooner and cut admin. A regional pilot led by Health Education England North West helped shape the platform we use today.

Insights

Plain-English takes on NHS workforce topics, funding updates and practical guides.

The case for continuous appraisal in busy services

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September 29, 2025