CLWRota

No iCal Support.

Needs a feature to sync with personal calendars.

I have been using clwrota for over 10 years now and little has changed over that time. Whilst once upon a time it was fresh, innovative and a game changer for rota management and end users to ascertain their patterns it has seen little progress since the early days. What I’d like to see is seamless, dynamic integration with google calendar or iCal

Our department has used CLW for many years. When it first came out it was a game changer - particularly as our two hospitals had merged. It is really useful to be able to see where colleagues are without searching several printed sheets in the department- which were frequently out of date. However, it really feels like CLW have made no progress with the app or API. My biggest gripe is that there is no iCal feed to populate your own diary. Most anaesthetists use electronic diaries for and this is a huge missing bit of functionality which makes having to check the app a daily annoyance.

This works really well with the service, even including offline access which is useful for hospital signal blackspots. My ultimate version would include a personal subscribable iCal and an iOS “Today” widget so fingers crossed for the next update…

Why does your leave always have to show everything you’ve cancelled- makes it so difficult to see what has been booked...

Need more advanced features such as the ability to show more than one profile/login if you work at 2 different sites.

Doesn't work, unable to log in even though I've got correct log in details.

The "stay logged in" option does not work. Extremely irritating to have to log in every few minutes, when co-ordinating in theatre. Frequently, it only displays the first two theatres, and doesn't load the others until the app is closed down and restarted. It also does not keep info offline, so in theatres where mobile signal is absent, it is also impossible to access the day's allocations. It's good that it's now possible to check leave, and that contact phone numbers can now be accessed, but these need to be available as an "offline" mode

Can't handle rapid scrolling. Needs stability improvements. I've had to resort to the web app in the meantime and saving this to my home screen. Not reliable enough.