The SARD Prize for Kent and Medway Medical School
We are extremely proud to be sponsoring The SARD prize in support of Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) students. Read more...
Latest Blogs
The Appraisal Summary and PDP Audit Tool (ASPAT)
This has been a long requested and long-awaited feature for many who wish to stop auditing on paper and start bringing the fun to SARD! Read more...
I Want More Ketchup on My Burger - a story about why open-source is good for everyone
There seems to be a disconnect between advocates of open-source and the non-techie world. Our Marketing Director Francesca shares her own thoughts on why opening up doesn't need to feel scary. Read more...
System Update (March 2021)
Here's what we've been up to in the first quarter of 2021 Read more...
eRostering - The Solution
Good rostering that takes personal preferences into account doesn't have to be a 'unicorn' event. Read more...
SARD User Event 2021 - Save The Date
It's happening! We are pleased to announce that the next SARD User Event will take place in November 2021. Read more...
Paying Off Technical Debt
In the past few years we’ve really taken stock of where we are as a company, made countless big diagrams, and all of the different coloured pens have come out Read more...
Thanks To Those Who Endure
It’s 5AM, awoken by the slam of an ambulance door. The young paramedics spring from their position. Kind, comforting chatter as they gently guide my neighbour into the blinking, whirring, tech hub on wheels. At 98, you start to expect... Read more...
Previous Blog Posts
- So, how do we build Rosters anyway?
- System Update (Dec 2020)
- Tick-tock - how SARD is preparing for the Brexit deadline
- SARDisms Christmas Shopping List...we’ve got you covered
- 2020/21 Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- Job Planning for All
- System Update (Sept 2020)
- Online Patient Feedback
- Medical Appraisals are Changing
- eRostering New Features
- Listen to our new podcast, SARDism
- Improvement Request Form
- SARD API User Guide
- ESR Wrapper API
- Appraiser Training Evidence
- eRostering The Next Generation
- SARD in the time of Covid
- Appraisal Lead Report Improvements
- SARD User Event - postponed until March 2021
- Our New Video Player
- Maximising AOA Compliance
- New JobPlan Overview
- Our 2020 Vision
- eRostering Humble Beginnings
- Development of the SARD API
- System Update (Dec 2019)
- 2019/20 Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- MSF Revamp
- Customer Support Team Leader
- System Update (July 2019)
- Let's Talk About Spex, Baby
- Improving Accessibility for Colour Blind Users
- Fundraising in aid of Kent and Medway Medical School
- SARD User Event 2019 - date and venue confirmed
- System Update (March 2019)
- Deal or No Deal? SARD is ready for Brexit
- Leaning in to 2019
- Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- SARD User Event - thank you
- Remembering Jonathan Wood
- Infrastructure Update
- We Will, We Will Rock UI
- Hard Refreshing Your Browser
- Knowing me, Knowing UI
- New Canterbury Office
- SARD User Event - date and venue confirmed
- Happy Birthday Mum!
- Say N0 2 S1Lly P4$$words
- Why it is important to upgrade your browser
- New members of the Customer Support Team
- How we are preparing for GDPR
- Migrating from Legacy Systems
- Work at SARD
- SARD User Event
- Changes to the SARD Board
- Vitality London 10000 in aid of Crisis
- How AI is going to change medicine forever.
- Administrator Refresher Training
- SARD achieves ISO 27001 certification from the British Assessment Bureau
- SARD's new User Interface
- Appraisal Month FAQ
- Supporting Crisis
- Finalists!
- Chat Operators Are Human Too
- My Annualisation Horribulus
- Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- New Infrastructure Changes
- New My eDocuments Page
- SARD eRostering
- Get Ready for GDPR!
- Bespoke Appraisal Reminders
- Job Plan Improvements
- World Mental Health Day
- The Lake of Discontent
- Why software deadlines are hard to predict
- How to protect the NHS from hacking, forever and completely
- Job Plan Templates
- SARD eLeave
- Real Human Relations
- Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- New SARD User Guides
- SARD launches new Appraisal Month Functionality
- Welcome new recruits!
- Don't bring me solutions, bring me problems.
- Great Customer Service begets Great Everything
- Turning off the targeting computer
- SARD Nurse and Midwife Revalidation
- Lights, Cameras, Action!
- Codebar
- Automatic Reminders
- Customer Service without a Script
- Great South Run
- Test-Driven Development for the Non-Programmer
- Slow Is Fast
- The Golden Circle
- Running SARD
- Understanding Our Users
- The Dichotomy of Appraisals
- Annual Organisational Audit and the QIT
- This Week
- Customer service in our sleep
- Silicon Triangle
- SARD launches new partnership with Mind in Croydon
- In Development - SARD announces development of Appraisal for all system
- i-Luddite
- The Great South Run for Mind in Croydon
- Back to work
- Nurse Appraisal Conference