DATE: 04/02/2021
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Lily Brown
————————-Ms Brown, Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 007-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Since 1st April 2020, what are the top three / most expensive hourly rates including all cost elements i.e. pay, agency fee, NI, PAYE taxes, VAT and any associated managed service / master vendor fee. paid for agency doctors working at each of the following grades?
Grade Highest Second highest Third highest
Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate
Band 2 / HCA Mental Health 98.41 Mental Health 98.41 Mental Health 98.41
Band 5 Mental Health 144.24 Mental Health 144.24 Mental Health 144.24
Band 6 Mental Health 144.24 Mental Health 144.24 Mental Health 144.24
Example General £27.50 Critical £33.20 Theatres £43.80
2. Since 1st April 2020, what are the bottom three / least expensive hourly rates including all cost elements i.e. pay, agency fee, NI, PAYE taxes, VAT and any associated managed service / master vendor fee. paid for agency doctors working at each of the following grades?
Grade Lowest Second lowest Third lowest
Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate
Band 2 / HCA Mental Health 98.41 Mental Health 98.41 Mental Health 98.41
Band 5 Mental Health 144.24 Mental Health 144.24 Mental Health 144.24
Band 6 Mental Health 144.24 Mental Health 144.24 Mental Health 144.24
Example HCA £19.40 RMN £22.40 Midwife £25.90
3. For each of the “job titles” Grade / Specialty. mention in your response to questions 1 and 2, please disclose the average hourly rate paid for agency doctors of the same Grade and Specialty since 1st April 2020.
Job Title Band / Speciality Average hourly rate Number of individual Nurses worked
1 Band 2 HCA 98.41 55
2 Band 3 HCA 98.41 97
3 Band 5 RN 144.24 151
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Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOIA_Agency Doctors
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Please disclose the information for the below by return email within 20 days as per the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. Since 1st April 2020, what are the top three / most expensive hourly rates including all cost elements i.e. pay, agency fee, NI, PAYE taxes, VAT and any associated managed service / master vendor fee. paid for agency doctors working at each of the following grades? Please respond to question one by populating the template below as per the example.
Please clarify the Specialty for which each of the rates was paid as shown.
Grade Highest Second highest Third highest
Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate
Consultant ST4-ST8 ST1-ST3 Example Cardiology £100 Acute Med £90 Psych £80
2. Since 1st April 2020, what are the bottom three / least expensive hourly rates including all cost elements i.e. pay, agency fee, NI, PAYE taxes, VAT and any associated managed service / master vendor fee. paid for agency doctors working at each of the following grades?
Please respond to question one by populating the template below as per the example.
Please clarify the Specialty for which each of the rates was paid as shown.
Grade Lowest Second lowest Third lowest
Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate
Consultant ST4-ST8 ST1-ST3 Example Cardiology £100 Acute Med £90 Psych £80
3. For each of the “job titles” Grade / Specialty. mention in your response to questions 1 and 2, please disclose the average hourly rate paid for agency doctors of the same Grade and Specialty since 1st April 2020.
There should be a maximum of 18 unique “job titles” in the tables above; please use the template below as per the example given at the bottom.
Job Title Grade / Speciality Average hourly rate Number of individual doctors worked
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Example Consultant / Psychiatry £82.40 4