Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 271-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Between January 2020 – December 2024 has your trust contracted with any of the following organisations:
– Litmus UK
– Medacs Healthcare
– Global Medics
Our response:
Yes
You asked:
2. If yes, for each organisation:
a) What was the total spend per year?
b) What were the pay rates for staff provided by these agencies per year (please provide a range)?
c)How many individual shifts have been filled by doctors from those agencies
Our response:
| Financial Year March-April | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-Dec 2024 |
| Litmus UK | Not available | Not available | – | – | – | – |
| Medacs Healthcare | Not available | Not available | £922,310.12 | £554,430.78 | £414,456.05 | £32,647.78 |
| Global Medics | Not available | Not available | £322,194.60 | £301,249.68 | £325,543.92 | £217,913.76 |
| TOTAL | £1,244,504.72 | £855,680.46 | £739,999.97 | £250,561.54 |
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are unable to provide information regarding staff type, staff grade, pay grade or numbers of shifts as this information is not available from invoices.
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.