Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 176-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
In the period 1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024 please provide a breakdown of total trust spend with framework agencies for locum nurses
Our response:
Approximately £436,856
You asked:
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by spend per band
Our response:
Band 5 – approximately £199,500
Band 6 – approximately £108,000
Band 7 – approximately £40,500
You asked:
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by spend per agency name
Our response:
ID Medical – approximately £433,406
Grey’s Specialist Recruitment – approximately £3,450
You asked:
In the period 1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024 please provide a breakdown of total trust spend with off-framework agencies for locum nurses
Our response:
Approximately £75,500
You asked:
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by spend per band
Our response:
Band 5 – approximately £57,000
Band 6 – approximately £18,500
You asked:
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by spend per agency name
Our response:
Thornbury – approximately £75,500
You asked:
In the period 1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024 please provide a breakdown of total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum nurses
Our response:
Approximately £1,417,500
You asked:
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by spend per band
Our response:
Band 5 – approximately £844,000
Band 6 approximately £464,500
Band 7 – approximately £104,500
Band 8a – approximately £4,500
You asked:
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by spend per agency name
Our response:
Internal bank only – approximately £1,417,500
You asked:
Please confirm the total number of nursing shifts booked during this period (1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024)
Our response:
8,431 nursing shifts were booked during the period 1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. 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:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
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.