How Can Enhanced Whole Time Equivalents Analysis Unlock Productivity Insights?

With healthcare demand and financial pressure continuously growing, productivity remains a national priority for the NHS.  Trusts are required to deliver more care with the same resources, and meeting the annual 2 percent productivity goal is essential for long‑term sustainability. But despite increases in staffing and funding, overall output has not yet returned to pre‑COVID levels.   

Analysing productivity by cost alone does not show the full story. To get actionable insights it is important to complement the unit cost analysis with direct unit WTE insights. 

LOGEX Costing has always enabled users to analyse both WTEs and costs at activity level. Historically, standard analytics views have placed greater emphasis on costs, yet WTE insights provide an equally powerful lens for understanding productivity trends across periods. Recognising this, the UK and Costing teams have collaborated to further strengthen how WTE information is presented within the platform. 

This enhancement builds on the strong foundations already in place and provides a more intuitive and productivity focused way to work with existing outputs. The new activity analytics layout allows users to explore WTE information with greater clarity and ease, offering deeper insight without changing underlying data or requiring additional manual effort. 

What is new  

• Full activity references
  Supports clear and direct comparison of current activity with historical outputs.
• Filtered FTE measure
  Uses benchmark resource labels to present a refined Direct WTE metric.
• Flexible analytics formula (A/B) minus (C/D)
  Allows users to compare direct WTE per activity between two periods in a straightforward way.

Value Delivered 

• A better experience for Trusts
  Making WTE analysis more visible and accessible, supporting NHS organisations as they navigate ongoing productivity challenges.
  
  
• Improvement of productivity of the NHS
  If enough Trusts take advantage of these detailed WTE insights and learn how to diminish inefficiencies, this can mean a substantial improvement of the productivity of the NHS as a whole.

Future Development Opportunities 

We continue to enhance our solutions in line with evolving industry expectations and the needs of NHS organisations. Our roadmap is shaped in close collaboration with customers and a clear focus on helping finance teams gain deeper, more actionable insights that support productivity and informed decision-making.