Beta Programme — Currently in testing at select Emergency Departments. Free access for early adopter sites

Simple by choice

EDRota is focused on what matters most: helping healthcare workers manage their shift work, swaps, and locum cover. Simple, pragmatic, and designed around the realities of clinical life.

Shift work native
Days, nights, twilights, long days — first-class support for every pattern
Swap-friendly
Peer-to-peer shift trading with approval workflows, not email chains
Locum-aware
Locum shifts tracked separately with cost and coverage visibility
Mobile-first
Check your rota on the bus, swap a shift from the break room
Works for the whole team
Useful for individual clinicians and rota leads alike — everyone sees what they need
Zero learning curve
If you can read a spreadsheet, you can use EDRota. No training sessions, no onboarding

For your team

Features every clinician uses day to day. Check your rota, swap a shift, share your schedule — no training needed.

Rota Management

Three views — Detailed, Simple, and Calendar — plus a Today view showing who's on right now. Built for shift work and annualised rotas.

Shift Marketplace

Staff give away, pick up, or swap shifts peer-to-peer. Handles the frequent swaps and last-minute changes that EDs demand.

Share My Rota

Share your personal schedule with family via a private link. They see your shifts for the next few months — no login needed.

ICS Calendar Feed

Subscribe to your shifts in Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple Calendar. Filtered feeds with timezone support — your rota stays in sync automatically.

Team Diary

Announcements, leave records, and daily notes — scoped to your department. Everyone stays in the loop.

Today View

See who's working right now at a glance. A live staffing snapshot for any date — useful for anyone picking up the phone.

Fuzzy Search

Find staff by partial name, nickname, or approximate spelling. Handles typos and transliterations of foreign names gracefully.

My Shift Changes

See every change to your shifts in one place — assignments, removals, time updates, swaps. No more wondering "who moved my shift?".

Three Rota Views + Today

One rota, three ways to look at it. Detailed shows staff across columns with dates down the side. Simple groups by shift type so you see who's covering each slot. Calendar gives you the familiar month grid. And the Today view shows exactly who's on right now.

  • Detailed view: staff as columns, dates as rows — spot gaps at a glance
  • Simple view: shift types as columns, staff as pills — who's on each shift
  • Calendar view: month grid with colour-coded shift cards per day
  • Today view: live staffing snapshot — who's working right now
Detailed · February 2026
Smith
Patel
Jones
Lee
Brown
Un.
10
Mon
Long
Day
Day
+1
11
Tue
Night
SPA
Long
Night
SPA
12
Wed
Twi
Day
SPA
13
Thu
Long
Long
Long
+1
14
Fri
A/L
SPA
Day
Night
Twi
15
Sat
SPA
Long
SPA
16
Sun
Long
Day
Day
+1
Simple · February 2026
Day
08–16
Long
08–20
Twi
16–00
Night
20–08
10
Mon
Jones
Brown
11
Tue
Patel
Lee
Smith
Jones
Patel
12
Wed
Jones
Patel
Lee
Lee
13
Thu
Smith
Jones
14
Fri
Brown
Jones
Patel
Lee
Smith
15
Sat
Smith
Brown
Patel
Lee
16
Sun
Lee
Smith
Calendar · February 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
NightPatel
LongJones
2
TwiJones
3
4
A/LBrown
DaySmith
TwiPatel
5
SPASmith
NightPatel
6
DayPatel
7
8
TwiLee
A/LBrown
DaySmith
9
LongBrown
SPASmith
10
A/LSmith
11
12
DayJones
TwiLee
A/LBrown
13
NightLee
LongBrown
14
TwiBrown
15
16
A/LPatel
DayJones
TwiLee
17
SPAJones
NightLee
18
DayLee
19
20
TwiSmith
A/LPatel
DayJones
21
LongPatel
SPAJones
22
A/LJones
23
24
DayBrown
TwiSmith
A/LPatel
25
NightSmith
LongPatel
26
TwiPatel
27
28
A/LLee
DayBrown
TwiSmith

Shift Marketplace

The reality of ED life: people swap shifts constantly. The marketplace lets staff give away, pick up, or swap shifts directly with each other — no email chains, no WhatsApp groups, no chasing managers.

  • Giveaway, pickup, and swap request types
  • Two-phase swap handshake with optional admin approval
  • Auto-approve option for departments that trust their team
  • Identity verification for shared department computers
Night Shift — 20:00-08:00
Feb 14 · Giveaway
OPEN
Long Day — 08:00-20:30
Feb 16 · Swap
PENDING
Twilight — 16:00-00:00
Feb 18 · Pickup
APPROVED

Share My Rota

Staff can share their personal schedule with family, friends, or anyone who needs to know when they're working — via a simple private link. No login required. The recipient sees a clean, read-only view of upcoming shifts with list and calendar views.

  • One-click link generation from the rota toolbar
  • Public page with list and calendar views — mobile-friendly
  • Revoke and regenerate any time — you stay in control
  • No sensitive data exposed — just shift names, dates, and times
EDRota
Dr Smith
Emergency Medicine · Royal London
1 Feb – 30 Apr 2026
February 2026
Mon
10
Day08:00–16:00
Tue
11
Night20:00–08:00
Wed
12
A/LAll day
Thu
13
Long Day08:00–20:30
Fri
14
Twilight16:00–00:00
edrota.com/shared/xK9mP2wR...
Anyone with this link can see your schedule · No login needed

For administrators

Power tools for rota leads and managers. Keyboard shortcuts, bulk operations, and undo — built for speed.

Rota Patterns

Build reusable shift patterns from your templates — a week of nights, a rolling SHO rotation, weekend cover. Deploy to the rota in one click.

Minimum Cover

Define how many of each shift type you need per day of the week. When the rota falls short, amber gap indicators appear across all views — gaps are impossible to miss.

Bulk Operations

Multi-select cells, assign shifts or leave in bulk, unfill or delete in one go. Undo everything with Cmd/Ctrl+Z. Keyboard shortcuts for power users.

Quick Staff Onboarding

Bulk-add new staff in seconds with auto-generated PINs, instant role assignment, and printable PIN slips. Built for rotation changeover day.

Public Holidays

Auto-fill bank holidays from an online database or add custom ones. Holiday dates are highlighted in rose across the rota, diary, and statistics views.

Admin & Security

Role-based permissions, PIN identity for shared department computers, shift templates, and a complete audit trail.

Shift Analytics

Shift coverage, PA breakdowns, and leave tracking. Filter by date range, shift type, or staff member to see exactly what you need.

PA/Hours Ledger

Track programmed activities or hours against contracted targets with running balances. Supports annualised contracts with separate DCC and SPA tracking.

Multi-Format Export

Export rotas as CSV, styled Excel, or JSON — colours preserved. Hand it to payroll, your rota lead, or the college.

Rota Patterns

Stop rebuilding the same rota every month. Define a pattern once — a week of core shifts, a rolling SHO rotation, weekend cover — then deploy it to any date range in one click. Assign staff or leave shifts unfilled for later.

  • Visual pattern builder: drag shift templates onto a weekly grid
  • Multi-week cycles for rolling rotations (e.g. 1-in-6 SHO pattern)
  • Deploy with staff assignments or as unfilled shifts to fill later
  • Preview before deploying — see conflicts and totals upfront
Weekday Core Shifts
7-day cycle · 17 shifts · 148 hrs/week
PreviewDeploy
Mon
Long Day
08–20
Night
20–08
Evening
16–00
+
Tue
Long Day
08–20
Night
20–08
+
Wed
Long Day
08–20
Night
20–08
SPA
09–12
+
Thu
Long Day
08–20
Night
20–08
+
Fri
Long Day
08–20
Night
20–08
Evening
16–00
+
Sat
Day
08–20
Night
20–08
+
Sun
Day
08–20
Night
20–08
+
Deploy to:10 Feb – 9 Mar 2026
3 staff lines51 shifts

Minimum Cover

Set the staffing levels your department needs — how many of each shift type per day of the week. Plans have date ranges, so you can have different requirements for winter and summer. When real shifts fall short, amber gap indicators appear across every rota view.

  • Visual 7-day editor: pick shift templates, set counts per day
  • Amber gap indicators in Detailed, Simple, Calendar, and Today views
  • Validity periods: different plans for winter, summer, or bank holiday cover
  • Template deletion warnings when a shift type is used in active cover plans
Standard Winter Cover
1 Nov 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Active
Mon
Day
08–16
3
Long
08–20
2
Night
20–08
2
7
Tue
Day
08–16
3
Long
08–20
2
Night
20–08
2
7
Wed
Day
08–16
3
Long
08–20
1
Night
20–08
2
6
Thu
Day
08–16
3
Long
08–20
2
Night
20–08
2
7
Fri
Day
08–16
3
Long
08–20
2
Twi
16–00
1
Night
20–08
2
8
Sat
Day
08–20
2
Night
20–08
2
4
Sun
Day
08–20
2
Night
20–08
2
4
Monday coverage:5 of 7 filled
2 gaps

Public Holidays

Auto-fill your workplace's bank holidays from an online database, or add custom ones manually. Holiday dates show up in rose across the rota grid, diary, and statistics — so nobody schedules over Christmas without realising it.

  • One-click auto-fill for any supported country
  • Rose highlighting on rota rows, diary day cards, and calendar cells
  • Bank holiday shift statistics with ≥4h rule for accurate tracking
  • Custom holidays for local events, training days, or department closures
Public Holidays
Royal London ED · United Kingdom · 2026
Auto-Fill+ Custom
1 JanNew Year's DayAuto
18 AprGood FridayAuto
21 AprEaster MondayAuto
5 MayEarly May Bank HolidayAuto
26 MaySpring Bank HolidayAuto
15 JulDepartment Training DayCustom
25 AugSummer Bank HolidayAuto
25 DecChristmas DayAuto
26 DecBoxing DayAuto
Rota highlighting:
Rose tint on holiday rows
9 holidays

Shift Analytics

You shouldn't need to export a spreadsheet to know if tonight is understaffed. Simple dashboards show coverage, workload, and leave — the information rota leads actually need.

  • Shift counts by type, staff member, and period
  • PA tracking against contractual targets
  • Leave utilisation across AL, SL, and PL categories
  • Summary cards with totals and averages at a glance
Weekly Shift Coverage
LIVE
0
Total Shifts
0
Staff On Duty
0%
Coverage
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Recent Updates
Dr Patel picked up Night shift (Thu)just now
Coverage target met for Saturday2m ago
Dr Lee swapped Twilight → Day (Fri)5m ago

PA/Hours Ledger

Track actual programmed activities or hours against contracted job plan targets across the year. Running balances show who's ahead or behind at a glance — vital for annualised contracts where work is spread unevenly across months.

  • Monthly target, actual, and balance per staff member
  • Running cumulative balance with green/red deficit colouring
  • Separate DCC and SPA tracking for dual-category roles
  • Admin target overrides and manual adjustments with audit notes
StaffJanFebMarRunning
TgtActBalTgtActBalTgtActBal
Dr Smith1010.5+0.5109.2-0.81011+1.0+0.7
Dr Patel87.5-0.5880.087-1.0-1.5
Dr Jones109-1.01010.5+0.51010.8+0.8+0.3
Dr Lee88.5+0.587-1.089+1.0+0.5
Values in PA
● surplus● deficit

Complete Audit Trail

Every shift change, every swap, every approval — fully tracked. Staff get a personal "My Shift Changes" feed in their profile with human-readable descriptions. Admins get a department-wide log for compliance and accountability.

  • Personal feed: every staff member sees changes to their own shifts
  • Human-readable: "You were assigned to a shift", not raw data
  • Admin log: who changed what, when, and why — department-wide
  • Marketplace actions traced from request to resolution
Shift History Timeline
AllMineAdmin
Dr Patel14:32
Picked up Night shift
Thu 15 Feb
Admin14:28
Approved swap request
Dr Lee ↔ Dr Jones (Fri 16)
Dr Smith13:55
Posted Giveaway
Twilight — Sat 17 Feb
Dr Brown13:41
Updated leave request
AL: 19-23 Feb
Admin12:10
Edited rota cell
Dr Jones → Night (Wed 14)
Dr Lee11:58
Viewed own shift history
Jan 2026 summary
Admins see full department history · Staff see their own shift timeline

Built by someone who gets it

Designed by a practising Emergency Medicine consultant with hands-on experience across multiple countries. Every feature exists because it solves a real problem.

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goal: make your life easier

Person-Centred

Healthcare workers come first. Every feature is designed to make clinicians' working lives easier.

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Mobile-First

Check your rota on the bus, swap a shift from the break room. Every screen works on every device.

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continents of experience

No Assumptions

Shaped by emergency care in Shanghai, Dubai, and the UK. Works with your shift patterns, team sizes, and department structure — not just one way of doing things.

“Every rota tool I used in Shanghai, Dubai, and the UK was either a spreadsheet someone emailed around, or a system designed by people who've never worked a night shift. I wanted something simple, functional, and focused on the people who actually do the work — something that makes their lives a little easier.”
LZ
Dr Laszlo Zavori
Emergency Medicine Consultant · Creator of EDRota
Beta Testing Programme

Join our beta testing programme

EDRota is currently being tested in real Emergency Department environments and we're seeking additional sites for feedback and validation.

What you get

  • Full platform access at no cost during beta
  • Direct support from the developer (EM consultant)
  • Influence product development and feature priorities
  • Help validate the platform before commercial launch
  • Early adopters receive preferential pricing at launch

What we're looking for

  • Emergency Departments and shift-based clinical teams
  • 10–40 clinical staff
  • Willingness to provide regular feedback
  • Rota coordinators or ED consultants as primary contacts

Timeline

Beta Testing
Now
Free access for all testers — no fixed end date
Commercial Launch
TBD
Transition to paid plans after beta
Early Adopter Benefit
At launch
Preferential pricing for beta partners

Get in touch

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