Trust HQ
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AW
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E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk
Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
DATE: 15/04/2021
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 062-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Which locum/staffing agencies have you
engaged to be part of your medical
doctors. agency cascade? Please provide
the names of the agencies split into the
relevant tiers. If you do not use a tier
system, please explain how vacancies are
cascaded with agencies?
No Tier system the vacancies get sent through our
TempRE Liaison system to all agencies that are
on the HTE framework. We are engaged with the
following agencies at the moment:
. National Locums
. Global Medics
. ID Medical
. Medecho
. Athona
2. Please provide a breakdown of the proportion of medical doctor. locum hours booked through
each of these tiers for the last three years. If this is not available, please provide a breakdown of
the proportion of medical doctor. locum spend incurred through each of these tiers for the last
three years.
1919 1920 2021
Locum Consultant – new contract 1,114,509.30 483,531.29 307,579.63
Locum Specialty Doctor 38,024.81 40,523.51 68,314.04
Locum Specialist Registrar – – 30,050.00 – 30,050.00
Agency Consultant – new contract 1,076,088.52 1,197,064.81 577,471.95
Agency Core Trainees 88.18 408.96 –
Agency Specialty Doctor 694,290.63 613,852.87 760,033.87
Agency F2 37,900.54 21,785.02 1,748.24
3. What is the protocol for releasing medical
doctor. vacancies to each of your tiers?
No tiers, we send out our requests to all agencies
that are on the HTE framework through TempRE
Liaison.
4. When are the current arrangements
relating to your agency cascade in place
until?
This is ongoing.
Should you have any queries in relation to our response in this letter, please do not hesitate to contact
me. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask
us to review our response, you should write to:-
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Associate Director of Corporate Governance
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
GLOUCESTER GL3 4AW
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information
Commissioner’s Office ICO. for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case
unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of
the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Medical Agency Cascade
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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
In relation to your supply of medical doctor. temporary workers, please could you provide the answers to the following questions?
1. Which locum/staffing agencies have you engaged to be part of your medical doctors. agency cascade? Please provide the names of the agencies split into the relevant tiers. If you do not use a tier system, please explain how vacancies are cascaded with agencies.
2. Please provide a breakdown of the proportion of medical doctor. locum hours booked through each of these tiers for the last three years. If this is not available, please provide a breakdown of the proportion of medical doctor. locum spend incurred through each of these tiers for the last three years. If only recent years are available, please provide what you have.
3. What is the protocol for releasing medical doctor. vacancies to each of your tiers?
4. When are the current arrangements relating to your agency cascade in place until?