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DATE: 23/08/2021
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 169-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
Sourced Staffing Arrangements 1. Do you have a master vendor MV. or neutral vendor NV. arrangement in place for sourcing agency staff? We have one agency contract in place for a small amount of shifts on our Mental Health Units – but this is not for all of our shifts just a certain amount covering a long day and 2 nights daily for a qualified RMN 2. What is the name of the MV/NV providers. and what staffing groups do they source? Medacs
3. As part of the arrangement, is any technology provided by the supplier to help manage the procurement of agency staff? Health Roster11
4. Please provide the contract start and end date for the supplier dd/mm/yy.. Contract is just on a 12 month extension at present.
Vendor Management System for Nurse Agency 5. Does the organisation use a third-party Vendor Management System for the supply of nurse agency staff? No
6. Who supplies your Vendor Management System? ALLOCATE
7. Please provide the contract start and end date for this provider dd/mm/yy. Allocate Erota runs from 01/04/2021 – 31/03/2022
Bank Management 8. Please name the technology provider used to manage the supply of your bank staff, inclusive of any outsourced or managed arrangements i.e. NHSP, Bank Partners, Allocate, Liaison, Patchwork, Locum’s Nest etc.. If more than one supplier is used, please name all suppliers. Allocate and we are still using RosterPro up until 31st March 2022
9. Please name the staffing group each provider is used for? General Medical, Surgical, AHP’s, General Surgery and ENP’s.
10. Please provide the contract start and end date for each bank supplier dd/mm/yy. We use RosterPro being phased out at the end of March 2020. and now mainly HealthRoster and Allocate
11. How much did the organisation pay the suppliers. in 20/21 for the provision of the bank service? Commercially sensitive
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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
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Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
Sent: 17 August 2021 17:16
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Re: Temporary Staff Management FOI
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The supplier of bank staff technology please.
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 169-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. In order to respond to your request our information teams are seeking the below clarification:
Question 3c: – Can you please clarify Bank Supplier of what? Staff or Technology? Would you be able to provide clarification around the information you are expecting the response to include for this question?
Kind Regards,
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Temporary Staff Management FOI
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-------------------------Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Please could you answer the attached questions relating to temporary staff management within your organisation. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.