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Freedom of Information request 217-2024

Response published: 10 January 2025

FOI Request

Please disclose how much (total £) the trust has spent on on-framework agency, off-framework agency, and bank staff in the past four full financial years (2020/21; 2021/22; 2022/23; and 2023/24).
In this instance, "on-framework" refers to organisations on NHS England's list of approved staffing providers. "Off-framework" refers to those who are not on this list but still provide services to trusts.
The figures should pertain to totals in each financial year and overall since 1 April 2020 (i.e., the start of the 2020/21 financial year). If possible, please also disclose:
1. A breakdown by total for all three (i.e., £2m on "on-framework", £800k for "off-framework", £1.2m for bank) in each of the four financial years; and
2. If available, the top three specialties by spend in each of the four financial years (e.g., gynaecology, dermatology, cardiology).

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 217-2024

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

Please disclose how much (total £) the trust has spent on on-framework agency, off-framework agency, and bank staff in the past four full financial years

Our response:

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are unable to analyse suppliers’ invoices by staff type or speciality, however please see the data below.

2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Bank Spend (expenditure basis with accruals) £6,980 £8,914 £14,860 £18,271
Agency Spend (expenditure basis with accruals) £5,245 £7,741 £9,609 £7,449
£12,225 £16,655 £24,469 £25,720
Off Framework (date on suppliers invoices including capital & recoverable VAT) not available £2,501,206 £3,717,930 £988,325
On Framework (date on suppliers invoices including capital & recoverable VAT) not available £5,826,787 £7,577,587 £7,105,912
£8,327,992 £11,295,517 £8,094,237

 

Next steps:

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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

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