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
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.