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Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
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GL3 4AW
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Date: 27th July 2022
Sent via e-mail to: – Rowan Kendall-Jones request-873580-c6aa5f2c@whatdotheyknow.com
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 152
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below:
1. Can you please provide me with the name, contact number & email address of the person responsible for agreeing temporary nursing agency contracts for your Trust?
Sally Pitt/ Sue Hewlett Temporary Staffing Department Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Temporary Staffing Team
Invista, Ermin Street, Brockworth, Gloucester GL3 4HP
2. Please list your current employment agencies that you are using, how often you are currently using temporary agencies for nursing staff. Answer: The nursing agencies we currently have listed and able to supply are:
BNA, Mayday, Daywebster, Your World, ID Medical, Goldstaff, Kingdom Medical, Medical 24, Pulse, Medlocums, Medacs, Coyles, Evergood Associates, TXM, Daytime Healthcare, Merco Medical Staffing, Hallam Medical, Medgen and Thornbury.
Very difficult to say when we use these agencies but we use them every week. 3. Along with the above information can you please provide details on how often this is reviewed and the trusts current/future plans for recruitment agencies?
We are currently looking at a different model to supply but this has not been set so we are running with ad hoc agency shifts. 3. From March 2022 to June 2022, which clinical areas have you requested for shifts for
General Medical Inpatient wards
Mental Health Units – working age and older age adults
Surgical Unit at Stroud Hospital and Tewksbury Hospital off framework agencies Adult Nursing, Mental Health, Community Hospitals.? [Please break down numbered shift requests for each area.
Off Framework for Mental Health 359 shifts Off Framework for Physical Health 942
Acute Nursing – X number of requests – we do not staff any acute hospitals within our trust. Mental Health – X number of requests – 7634
Community Hospitals – X number of requests
General Medical Inpatient wards have requested 6300 shifts
Theatre shifts – 359
4. Finally if you can also provide details of the names of the decision makers who ultimately decide which agencies the Trust use? – Sally Pitt/ Sue Hewlett/Andrew Mills 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: –
– Head of Legal Services / 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
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Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
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1. Can you please provide me with the name, contact number & email address of the person responsible for agreeing temporary nursing agency contracts for your Trust?
2. Please list your current employment agencies that you are using, how often you are currently using temporary agencies for nursing staff. Answer: The nursing agencies we currently have listed and able to supply are:
3. Along with the above information can you please provide details on how often this is reviewed and the trusts current/future plans for recruitment agencies?
3. From March 2022 to June 2022, which clinical areas have you requested for shifts for
off framework agencies Adult Nursing, Mental Health, Community Hospitals.? [Please break down numbered shift requests for each area.]
Acute Nursing – X number of requests
Mental Health – X number of requests
Community Hospitals – X number of requests
4. Finally if you can also provide details of the names of the decision makers who ultimately decide which agencies the Trust use?
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