Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the request below:
Provide the average hourly total cost to the Trust, for both Band 5 and Band 6 nurses in the most recent financial year. Provide costs for:
Agency staff Band 5 & Band 6 Nurses (including all agency fees)
Bank staff Band 5 & Band 6 Nurses (including all associated on-costs)
Permanent staff Band 5 & Band 6 Nurses (including all associated on-costs)
When calculating the above, please include all relevant costs to the Trust’s end for each staffing type. This should cover, but not be limited to:
Temporary staffing team costs (e.g., recruitment/booking team salaries, systems)
Training provision and professional development
Compliance and pre-employment checks
Risk management and governance costs
Please present the figures in a clear, digestible format so that a direct comparison between agency, bank, and permanent hourly rates can be made.
If possible, please also provide a short summary showing the percentage difference between each staffing route (agency vs bank, bank vs permanent).
If any of the information is already held in a digestible report or staffing cost breakdown, please provide this instead of producing a new dataset.