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3 Mar 2009 13:49

3 March 2009

MANPOWER SOFTWARE PLC ("the Company")

FIFTEEN MAPS HEALTHROSTER CONTRACTS AWARDED

Manpower Software plc, (AIM: MNS) the leading provider of workforce optimisation solutions, announces an increase in NHS Trust customers in its third quarter ended 28 February 2009. Fifteen NHS Trusts have awarded new contracts for the purchase of MAPS Healthroster, the electronic rostering solution.  

In the current financial year, 1 June 2008 to 31 May 2009, 36 NHS Trusts have signed contracts for MAPS Healthroster, which has now been selected by 74 NHS Trusts in total. This total compares with 31 Trusts this time last year. MAPS Healthroster has also been selected by three private healthcare organisations, of which two are overseas.

The fifteen UK NHS Trusts which have awarded contracts to the Company in the third quarter are:

Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust 

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Kent and Medway Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust

Mid Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust 

North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 

Papworth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust

Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust

Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

South West Essex Primary Care Trust 

York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Key to choosing MAPS Healthroster is its ability to provide a better understanding of demand versus supply of clinical staff, how this is balanced against efficient use of budgets and how it helps reduce the administrative burden for HR, clinical and payroll staff.

Commenting, Ian Bowles, Chief Executive Officer said: 

"Our commitment to the NHS and the broader healthcare sector continues to create confidence, both at Executive level and throughout our customers' organisations, that our approach to clinical electronic rostering delivers very significant benefits. Our applications generate significant return on investment by reducing costs, releasing time to care and thereby helping to improve patient outcomes.

"In the healthcare sector we have had an outstanding third quarter, signing fifteen new contracts, including our first contract to supply and integrate Biometric Time and Attendance devices and our first agreement to provide a fully hosted electronic rostering solution working over N3, the NHS compliant network protocol. I am particularly pleased with evidence of the continuing demand for our products within the NHS and private healthcare markets, demonstrated by our recent successes with Sunway Medical Centre (Malaysia) and Boston University Radiology Associates (USA). We will continue to grow revenues in the global healthcare sector over the coming years as our domain expertise and experience is recognised by more healthcare organisations. Our strategic partnerships with PwC & ACS Healthcare Solutions mean our growing healthcare customer base can access additional services and complimentary solutions. I am confident that we will continue to deliver significant benefits and innovation in this very important market sector as we progress through the rest of this fiscal year and into next."

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Manpower Software plc is the leading workforce optimisation software applications provider for global organisations with large, multi-skilled workforces. With over 18 years' experience, they ensure customers can match operational demands with workforce supply. Using MAPS, Manpower Software's workforce optimisation application, organisations can deploy the right people with the right skills, to the right place, at the right time. Founded in 1991, Manpower Software plc is a British public company listed on the UK AIM stock market. 

Workforce optimisation specialistsRecognising that an organisation's most valuable resource is its own people, Manpower Software has enabled over 300 customers globally to take control of their workforce optimisation.  Whether planning their workforce supply in future months, scheduling their workforce over the coming weeks to match demand, or immediately managing change, these organisations can now optimise the most appropriate people, teams and equipment to meet their operational requirements. 

Today, more than 1,000,000 people are deployed globally using MAPS from Manpower Software - a testament to the power and flexibility of their organisation planning and workforce scheduling tools.

Industry expertiseRealising customers face challenges specific to their industry, Manpower Software develops solutions dedicated to world-wide organisations with large, multi-skilled workforces for the following five key sectors:

Healthcare

Defence 

Maritime 

Construction and Engineering

Local Government and Education