ESR/Workforce

What is the total number of staff hired in a diversity, equality, equity or inclusion role?

What was the total spend on diversity, equality and equity or inclusion, including staff salaries and external training bodies and courses for the last financial year?

I am writing to request information under the freedom of information act on your organisation’s vacancy rates.
1. Please can you provide the current vacancy rates for the bellow staffing groups-
• Medical
• Nursing and Healthcare Assistants
• Scientific, Therapeutic and Technical (STT) and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)
• Healthcare Scientists
• Administrative and Support Staff
2. Please can you provide the three job roles with the highest vacancy rates in your organisation? For example Psychiatry, Psychology, Mental Health Nursing etc

Please note while question one refers to staffing groups, question two is referring to specific job roles outlined by NHS England under the heading Mental Health Roles found here- https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/working-in-mental-health/

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 263-2024 Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information...

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, could you please provide me with the following information in relation to temporary agency staffing.

1. Does your organisation engage a Neutral Vend or Master Vend agency supplier for:
a. Medical
i. Name of the NV or MV agency supplier
ii. Expiry date of contract with the NV or MV agency supplier?

b. Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)
i. Name of the NV or MV agency supplier
ii. Expiry date of contract with the NV or MV agency supplier

c. Non-Medical, Non-Clinical (NMNC)
i. Name of the NV or MV agency supplier
ii. Expiry date of contract with the NV or MV agency supplier

d. Nursing
i. Name of the NV or MV agency supplier
ii. Expiry date of contract with the NV or MV agency supplier

2. Does your organisation utilise a Direct Engagement (DE) supplier for:
a. Medical
i. Name of the DE provider
ii. Expiry date of contract with the DE provider
iii. % of DE currently achieved

b. Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)
i. Name of the DE provider
ii. Expiry date of contract with the DE provider
iii. % of DE currently achieved

c. Non-Medical, Non-Clinical (NMNC)
i. Name of the DE provider
ii. Expiry date of contract with the DE provider
iii. % of DE currently achieved

3. For the most recent Financial Year you have available please can you supply the spend figures on temporary agency staffing (worker pay & agency commission only) for:
a. Medical
b. Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)
c. Non-Medical, Non-Clinical (NMNC)
d. Nursing

4. For the most recent Financial Year you have available please can you supply the number of hours worked by temporary agency workers for:
a. Medical
b. Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)
c. Non-Medical, Non-Clinical (NMNC)
d. Nursing
6. Where a contract is in place for the provision of a Neutral Vend, Master Vend and/or a Direct Engagement supplier, please can you advise who the lead contact or responsible officer within the organisation is for this contract?
– Name:
– Job title:
– Email:

7. Alternatively please can you advise who is responsible for temporary agency staffing at the organisation across the following departments:
a. Workforce Lead
Name:
Job Title:

b. Procurement Lead
Name:
Job Title:

c. Finance Lead
Name:
Job Title:

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding Rostering and Self-Rostering. Please can you complete the below questions:

1. Please provide the rostering solution used for the below staffing groups. Where more than one supplier is used for each staff group, please provide the name of each supplier.

· Medical & Dental

· Nursing & Health Care Assistants

· Scientific, Therapeutic & Technical Staff including of Allied
Health Professionals

· Administration and Estates

2. Please list below the staffing groups where e-rostering is currently live and being used?

3. Please tick the below Medical Specialities that are currently rostered on the system

· General Medicine

· General Surgery

· Anaesthetics

· Obstetrics and Gynaecology

4. What percentage of workforce are rostered on the system? Please list the percentages by the staffing groups listed below-

· Medical & Dental

· Nursing & Health Care Assistants

· Scientific, Therapeutic & Technical Staff including of Allied
Health Professionals

· Administration and Estates

5. What is the contract start date for your rostering supplier/suppliers? Please list the name of the supplier and contract start date.

6. What is the contract end date for your rostering supplier/suppliers? Please list the name of the supplier and contract end date.

7. What was the annual cost of your rostering supplier/ suppliers for the financial year 22/23 (April 2022 – March 2023)?

8. Did the organisation use a framework to procure your rostering supplier/ suppliers? Please state the name of the supplier and framework it was procured from.

9. From the table below please indicate which interfaces are being used and at what frequency?

Interface
In/Out Daily Weekly Monthly Ad Hoc
ESR Generic Attendance Inbound Interface Out
ESR Generic Absence Inbound Interface Out
ESR Generic Outbound Interface In
E-Job Planning
In/Out
Junior Doctors
In/Out
Staffbank / Agency In/Out
Identity Provider Servers In/Out

Self Rostering
1. Does your organisation use self rostering? (If yes, please complete the below questions. If no, please ignore) 2. Please list below the staffing groups where self- rostering is currently being used?
3. What percentage of your workforce is currently utilizing self-rostering?
4. Are manual or technology based mechanisms used to facilitate self-rostering?

Please can you help me answer the questions below:

Medical temporary staffing supply

1. Do you manage your Medical Workforce Bank Internally? – Yes/No
2. If Yes to the question above, do you manage your Medical workforce bank internally using specialist bank technology e.g. Patchwork, NHS Professionals, Locums Nest, Liaison, Allocate? Please specify which one?
If Yes to the above questions is it actively used?

3. Do you outsource the management of your Medical workforce bank? – Yes/No
4. If Yes to the above question, can you confirm the supplier managing it for you?

5. Do you use Direct Engagement?
6. If Yes to the above question, can you confirm the supplier managing it for you? And can you specify the staff groups and if it is bank or agency?

7. What is your total Bank and agency hours for the Financial Year 2023/2024?

8. Does your Trust have any doctors that work on the bank via a LTD company?

Associated costs -Medical

9. Please confirm the charges that you pay to your technology provider for use of their system. e.g. Patchwork, NHS Professionals, Locums Nest, Liaison, Allocate? (in the last Financial Year 2023/2024)

10. Can you confirm how you are charged eg per hour, fixed fee, percentage? And what the fees are?

11. Please confirm the charges you pay your managed service provider for Medical Workforce? e.g. Patchwork, NHS Professionals, Locums Nest, Liaison, Allocate? (if applicable, in the last Financial Year 2023/2024)

12. Can you confirm how you are charged for managed service? eg per hour, fixed fee or percentage?

13. Please confirm the roster system provider used for your medical workforce? Eg Liaison, RL Datix etc

14. Please confirm charges that you pay to your technology provider for Direct Engagement? Eg per hour fixed fee, percentage