Klacks plans wards and shifts without gaps — keeping the 6-month reference period for the 48-hour OWTA limit, compensatory rest under WRC Code of Practice COP8, and the consecutive-days requirements of the NCHD Agreement all in view. On-premise, so patient data never leaves your organisation.
For medical staff, Section 15 of the OWTA 1997 allows a reference period of 6 rather than 4 months for calculating the average 48-hour week — almost impossible to track by hand across changing shift patterns.
If a rest period is shortened, the WRC Code of Practice on Compensatory Rest Periods (COP8) requires a compensatory rest period — when and how it is granted must be documented.
The HSE/IMO NCHD Agreement 2022, in force since January 2023, mandates rest for non-consultant hospital doctors after a maximum of 10 consecutive duty days, together with compensatory payments.
From seamless 24/7 cover to compensatory rest — it all fits together.
Day, evening and night shifts across every ward — Klacks flags every gap instantly and fills it automatically on request.
Klacks calculates the average 48-hour week over the 6-month period provided for medical staff under Section 15 OWTA.
If a rest period is shortened, Klacks automatically suggests the appropriate compensatory rest period under WRC Code of Practice COP8.
Klacks counts consecutive duty days for non-consultant hospital doctors and warns before the 10-day limit from the NCHD Agreement 2022 is exceeded.
Klacks runs on your infrastructure. Staff and patient data never leave the hospital — not even for the AI.
"Fill next week's night shifts on Medicine" is enough — Klacksy takes qualifications and rest periods into account.
Every ward has its own staffing rules. Klacks plans them together, calculates the 48-hour limit over the 6-month period, and automatically suggests the appropriate compensatory rest under COP8 whenever a rest period is shortened — the director of nursing can see at any time where things are getting tight.
Try the Playground to see how Klacks handles wards, compensatory rest and NCHD requirements — or install it directly within your own organisation. Free and without registration.
