The Consultancy Team

Dr Henry Carleton

Henry established Zircadian Ltd in 2000 to provide expert support to hospitals, to help them manage their doctors more effectively. Henry trained as a junior doctor at Bart’s and the Royal London, where he developed an interest in effective medical resource management. In 1999 he joined the Thames Regional Action Team as Junior Doctor’s Advisor, where he helped trusts tackle the challenges of rota design and the New Deal. Henry is a member of the Institute of Directors.

Chris Broome

Before joining Zircadian in May 2009, Chris worked for a multi-national company as a Regional Training Officer whilst studying for his Law degree. He also has a Merit award for a Masters in Medical Law and Bioethics.

Dr Masood Ahmed

Dr Masood Ahmed, MBBS, is one of a handful of medics with a detailed knowledge of the Working Time Directive (WTD) and the New Deal contract for doctors in training. He is the author of 'Rota Design 2009' and 'A Compendium of Solutions for Implementing the Working Time Directive for Doctors in Training from August 2009'. As Associate Medical Director of the West Midlands Deanery Action Team he was the Deanery lead for the first stage of implementing WTD for over 4,000 junior doctors. As Chairman of the BMA Junior Doctors' Committee Negotiating Team, he led ion the current Specialist Trainee pay scales negotiations. He has worked in close partnership with the Skills for Health Workforce Projects Team and the NHS North West EWTD Medical Development Team in tackling the challenges of the WTD.

Zircadian was established in November 2000 with the intention of providing NHS trusts with professional, medical HR software and excellent levels of support.

The company’s first product RotaWorks, a junior doctor rota management system, was and continues to be a huge success. RotaWorks has now become MRM-Live and is being used by 110 NHS trusts and five SHAs. More than 1,000 users log on to MRM-Live every day.

Since its beginning Zircadian has expanded and diversified rapidly to become the leading provider of software and consultancy services for managing all hospital doctors in the NHS. Its second core software system, MyJobPlan, has fast become the premier choice for online consultant job planning, and has been chosen by 50 trusts to date.

Zircadian continues to be the only supplier of web-based medical staffing software with helpdesk support included. The company is based in Wimbledon and has 37 permanent staff.