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Freedom of Information request Nursing agency spend

Response published: 27 January 2025

FOI Request

In the period 1st October 2024 to 31st December 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
Spend per band
Spend per specialty
Spend per agency name

In the period 1st October 2024 to 31st December 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
Total trust spend with off framework agencies for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
Spend per band
Spend per specialty
Spend per agency name

In the period 1st October 2024 to 31st December 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
Spend per band
Spend per specialty
Spend per agency name

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 294-2024

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

You asked:

1. In the period 1st October 2024 to 31st December 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
Spend per band
Spend per specialty
Spend per agency name

Our response:

Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum nurses:

Spend per band: 5 £179,162 Band 6 £143,530 Band 7 £75,267

Spend per specialty: MH Nurse £232,232 OH nurse £56,658 PH Nurse £91,164 Urgent Care £4,130 Social Care £13,775

Spend per agency name: ID Medical

You asked:

2. In the period 1st October 2024 to 31st December 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
Total trust spend with off framework agencies for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
Spend per band
Spend per specialty
Spend per agency name

Our response:

Total trust spend with off framework agencies for locum nurses:

Spend per band: Band 5 £43,911 Band 6 £7,266

Spend per specialty: MH Nurse £16,837 RGN PH £27,073 Urgent Care £7,267

Spend per agency name: TNS

You asked:

3. In the period 1st October 2024 to 31st December 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
Spend per band
Spend per specialty
Spend per agency name

Our response:

Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum nurses: £2,197

Spend per band: £2,197k in total for all nursing bands, breakdown by band unavailable

Spend per specialty: This information is not available

Spend per agency name: All Trust internal Bank

You asked:

4. Please confirm the total number of nursing shifts booked during this period for all agency nursing only, no bank staff nursing to be included (1st October 2024 to 31st December 2024)

Our response:

1282

You asked:

5. Please confirm the total number of nursing shifts booked above NHSE capped rates during this period for all agency nursing only, no bank staff nursing to be included (1st October 2024 to 31st December 2024)

Our response:

698

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

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