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E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
DATE: 01/09/2021
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 197-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Please can you give me the breakdown of locum agency doctor, nursing, AHP, Nonclinical spend in the past 12 months? Please break this down by hours, specialty and grade. 5245
Medical and Dental Staff – 1333
Nursing and Midwifery – 3548
Allied Health Professionals – 324
Administrative and Clerical – 40
2. Can you confirm if any agency locum doctors have been in contract for 6 months or longer? Can you break down by specialty and grade? Yes
• 1x Consultant Psychiatrist • 2x Specialty Doctors in Psychiatry
3. Please can you give me the breakdown of bank doctor spend in the past 12 months? Please break this down by specialty and grade. 5
4. Please can you give me a breakdown of permanent or fixed term doctor vacancies across the Trust? Please break down by specialty and grade. 4.1 WTE Consultant Psychiatrists
3.6 WTE Specialty Doctors in Psychiatry
5. Can you please advise of any doctor vacancies that have been vacant for 6 months or more? • Consultant Psychiatrist in CAMHS
• Consultant Psychiatrist Wotton Lawn/ Stroud Crisis
• Specialty Doctor in PsychiatryInpatient Adults.
• Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry Recovery, Community Cheltenham.
6. In the last 12 months, how much has the Trust paid in introductory fees to recruitment agencies for recruiting doctors on a permanent or fixed term basis? Please break down by specialist and grade.
7. Which agencies have the Trust engaged with in the last 12 months for permanent, fixed term or locum recruitment of doctors?
8. What is your Non framework agency spend for the permanent, fixed term or locum placement of doctors?
9. Which Framework/s are you currently on? HEE Framework
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
Sent: 05 August 2021 15:15
Subject: Freedom of Information Request - Recruitment & Staffing
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Good Afternoon
Please see below questions for a freedom of information request.
I am making this request on behalf of Cubed Resourcing Ltd T/A Indigo Healthcare Recruitment., Salts Mill, Victoria Road, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, BD18 3LF.
1. Please can you give me the breakdown of locum agency doctor, nursing, AHP, Nonclinical spend in the past 12 months? Please break this down by hours, specialty and grade 2. Can you confirm if any agency locum doctors have been in contract for 6 months or longer? Can you break down by specialty and grade? 3. Please can you give me the breakdown of bank doctor spend in the past 12 months? Please break this down by specialty and grade. 4. Please can you give me a breakdown of permanent or fixed term doctor vacancies across the Trust? Please break down by specialty and grade. 5. Can you please advise of any doctor vacancies that have been vacant for 6 months or more? 6. In the last 12 months, how much has the Trust paid in introductory fees to recruitment agencies for recruiting doctors on a permanent or fixed term basis? Please break down by specialist and grade. 7. Which agencies have the Trust engaged with in the last 12 months for permanent, fixed term or locum recruitment of doctors? 8. What is your Non framework agency spend for the permanent, fixed term or locum placement of doctors? 9. Which Framework/s are you currently on? Please could you return the answers by email to jess@cubedresourcing.co.uk. Recruitment Operations Manager