E-Roster

Health Roster (aka as eRoster or EOL) is Employee scheduling software for e-rostering, used in the National Health Service produced by Allocate Software.

It provides a computerised method for efficiently managing when staff are required to work and to ensure wards and departments have the right staff in the right place at the right time. It is used by over 80% of electronically rostered NHS trusts to plan and roster their staff. It permits bank nurses to check shifts that are available on their phones or computers at home. Version 11, which can be used on a tablet, was released in 2020, responding to demands created by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. It uses the SafeCare patient acuity model supplied by Imperial College Innovations Limited.


The eRoster system is finalised and locked on the second working day of each month. In order for appropriate approvals to take place all annual leave, bank holidays, sickness and absences should be recorded and updated in eRoster by 12 noon on the first working day of each month.


To book annual leave please use Employee Online

To manage/approve annual leave, record sickness etc. use Health Roster

Both systems use the same username (SurnamePayrollnumber) and password

Please see  guidelines attached for requesting annual leave via E-Roster:

eRoster User Guide


FAQs on eRoster


Further information and training is available on RWT Intranet eRostering pages Electronic Rostering (xrwh.nhs.uk) ( VPN required )

If you have any queries please contact training.crnwestmidlands@nihr.ac.uk 

Here is the presentation and recording from the Line Managers Forum held on 15 March 2023:

Line Managers Forum 15/03/23: eRoster presentation

Line Managers Forum 15/03/23: eRoster recording


Here is the recording from the Line Managers Forum eRoster update held on 18 October 2023

Line Managers Forum 18/10/23: eRoster Update recording

Line Managers Forum 18/10/23 eRoster Update chat