Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 313
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Please confirm the legal name of your organisation
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
2. Are you a foundation trust?
Yes
3. Are you a teaching hospital / teaching trust?
No
4. What is your NHS geographical location for example London, East, South West etc..
South West
5. What is your current number of nursing staff? Assignment Category FTE Headcount
Bank 0.00 296
Fixed Term Temp 47.67 55
Permanent 1147.16 1376
Grand Total 1194.82 1727
6. What is your current vacancy FTE. for qualified nursing? 202.24
7. What is your current vacancy FTE. for unqualified nursing e.g. Care support worker. 89.97
8. What was your total framework agency spend on qualified nursing for the last financial year?
10. What was your total framework agency spend on unqualified nursing for the last financial year?
12. What was your total non-framework agency spend on qualified nursing for the last financial year?
14. What was your total non-framework agency spend on unqualified nursing for the last financial year?
Supplier Name Framework 21/22 Off Framework 21/22
GOLD STAFF RECRUITMENT 0.00 266,427.39
MEDGEN LIMITED 0.00 977,303.64
NIGHTINGALES CARE GLOUCESTER. LTD 0.00 94,494.30
PATERSON GROUP HEALTHCARE. 0.00 19,515.46
PLATINUM NURSING 0.00 41,257.55
THORNBURY NURSING SERVICES 0.00 651,901.66
4,552,070.96 2,050,900.00
9. What was your total framework agency usage hours. on qualified nursing for the last financial year?
11. What was your total framework agency usage hours. on unqualified nursing for the last financial year? 13. What was your total non-framework agency usage hours. on qualified nursing for the last financial year?
15. What was your total non-framework agency usage hours. on unqualified nursing for the last financial year?
Questions 9, 11, 13 and 15 can not be responded as the data for the last financial year is not accurate due to the change from two to one rostering system during the last financial year.
16. Who supplies your bank staff? In house or NHSP, Locums Nest etc.. In house bank and Locums Nest? 17. In the last financial year did you recruit overseas nursing staff?
Yes 18. For overseas nursing staff do you do your own recruitment or use an agent?
We use recruitment agencies. 19. How many nursing posts did you fill with overseas recruits in the last financial year?
Since April 2022 – 25 posts
Since April 2021 – 31 posts
20. Moving forward will your overseas recruitment be managed by the trust or via the ICS?
Overseas recruitment will be managed by the Trust.
FOI Request
1. Please confirm the legal name of your organisation
2. Are you a foundation trust?
3. Are you a teaching hospital / teaching trust?
4. What is your NHS geographical location for example London, East, South West etc..
5. What is your current number of nursing staff?
6. What is your current vacancy FTE. for qualified nursing?
7. What is your current vacancy FTE. for unqualified nursing eg. Care support worker.
8. What was your total framework agency spend on qualified nursing for the last financial year?
9. What was your total framework agency usage hours. on qualified nursing for the last financial year?
10. What was your total framework agency spend on unqualified nursing for the last financial year?
11. What was your total framework agency usage hours. on unqualified nursing for the last financial year?
12. What was your total non-framework agency spend on qualified nursing for the last financial year?
13. What was your total non-framework agency usage hours. on qualified nursing for the last financial year?
14. What was your total non-framework agency spend on unqualified nursing for the last financial year?
15. What was your total non-framework agency usage hours. on unqualified nursing for the last financial year?
16. Who supplies your bank staff? In house or NHSP, Locums Nest etc..
17. In the last financial year did you recruit overseas nursing staff?
18. For overseas nursing staff do you do your own recruitment or use an agent?
19. How many nursing posts did you fill with overseas recruits in the last financial year?
20. Moving forward will your overseas recruitment be managed by the trust or via the ICS