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Freedom of Information request 322-2024

Response published: 27 January 2025

FOI Request

For the 3-month period ending 24th January 2025, can you please provide:
- Total Off Framework Agency Spend for Nursing and Midwifery staff
- Total hours filled by Off Framework agencies
- A list of all Off Framework agencies utilised by the Trust for nursing and midwifery and a breakdown of each ward or department and total number of shifts for each non framework agency
- A list of Agency suppliers with a day charge rate of over £40 across any nursing/midwifery speciality
- A list of Agency suppliers with a night charge rate of over £45 across any nursing/midwifery speciality
- A list of any Off Framework suppliers that have ongoing block booking arrangements for nursing and Midwifery staff with your Trust within the identified time frame (24.10.2025 - 24.01.2025)

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 322-2024

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

You asked:

For the 3-month period ending 24th January 2025, can you please provide:

– Total Off Framework Agency Spend for Nursing and Midwifery staff

Our response:

£65,000

You asked:

– Total hours filled by Off Framework agencies

Our response:

£1,819.63

You asked:

– A list of all Off Framework agencies utilised by the Trust for nursing and midwifery and a breakdown of each ward or department and total number of shifts for each non framework agency

Our response:

Thornbury Nursing Services 

You asked:

– A list of Agency suppliers with a day charge rate of over £40 across any nursing/midwifery speciality

Our response:

Thornbury Nursing Services

You asked:

– A list of Agency suppliers with a night charge rate of over £45 across any nursing/midwifery speciality

Our response:

Thornbury Nursing Services

You asked:

– A list of any Off Framework suppliers that have ongoing block booking arrangements for nursing and Midwifery staff with your Trust within the identified time frame (24.10.2025 – 24.01.2025)

Our response:

Nil

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.