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Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AW
Tel: 0300 421 8100
E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
Date: 20th July 2022
Sent via e-mail to: – Jacob Johnson
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 164-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below:
Please could you provide the following information under the freedom of information act covering the last 12 months:
1. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international doctors and if so which agencies were used?
The Trust has not previously used agencies to recruit permanent/international doctors. 2. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international nurses and if so which agencies were used?
Yes the Trust has an International Recruitment Project for Nursing staff. We have used; Sanctuary Personnel, ID Medical, Medical Wing Locums and Aryavrat Healthcare. 3. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international allied health professionals and if so which agencies were used?
The Trust has not used any agencies to recruit permanent/international allied health professionals. 4. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international non-medical non-clinical staff and if so which agencies were used?
The Trust has not used any agencies to recruit permanent/international non-medical non-clinical staff. 5. Please provide a breakdown of the number of staff placed as result of permanent/international recruitment using agencies split by; doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and non-medical non-clinical? Please also provide the associated costs broken down in the same format.
International/Permanent Nurses in the last 12 months – 25 full time nurses Agency Cost per International/permanent nurse in the last 12 months – £2,750 6. Does your Trust intend to recruit the beforementioned job roles on a permanent/international recruitment basis using an agency over the next 12 months?
The Trust plans to recruit international nurses and Allied health professionals via agencies in the next 12 months. 7. What was the total permanent/international recruitment agency spend on the beforementioned job roles?
Approximately £68,750
8. What was your total temporary agency spend on the beforementioned job roles?
In 2021/22 we spend £ 1,422,809.04 on Medical Agency and £ 5,937,639.46 on Nursing Agency
9. Do you have a central recruitment team or an international recruitment lead?
The Trust has an international recruitment lead. 10. The contact name of the person in charge of your procurement department for dealing with permanent/international recruitment?
Clyan Andrews 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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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Please could you provide the following information under the freedom of information act covering the last 12 months:
1. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international doctors and if so which agencies were used?
2. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international nurses and if so which agencies were used?
3. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international allied health professionals and if so which agencies were used?
4. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international non-medical non-clinical staff and if so which agencies were used?
5. Please provide a breakdown of the number of staff placed as result of permanent/international recruitment using agencies split by; doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and non-medical non-clinical? Please also provide the associated costs broken down in the same format.
6. Does your Trust intend to recruit the beforementioned job roles on a permanent/international recruitment basis using an agency over the next 12 months?
7. What was the total permanent/international recruitment agency spend on the beforementioned job roles?
8. What was your total temporary agency spend on the beforementioned job roles?
9. Do you have a central recruitment team or an international recruitment lead?
10. The contact name of the person in charge of your procurement department for dealing with permanent/international recruitment?
Please respond as soon as possible, thanks for your cooperation in advance.