Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 208-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
In the period 1st May 2025 to 31st July 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
1. Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum doctors
Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name
Our response:
| May to July 2025 £k | Agency | |
| Consultants | 282 | No breakdown available |
| Career / staff Grades | 229 | No breakdown available |
All Spend with ID Medical Group Ltd – £511k total
You asked:
2. Total trust spend with off-framework agencies for locums doctors
Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name
Our response:
No off-framework spend for locum doctors.
You asked:
3. Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum doctors
Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per internal or associated external provider
Our response:
| May to July 2025 £k | Bank | |
| Consultants | 131 | No breakdown available |
| Career / staff Grades | 936 | No breakdown available |
Any Direct Engagement is with ID Medical Group Ltd – £1,067k total
You asked:
4. Please confirm your allocated budget for agency locum doctors for the period 1st May 2025 to 31st July 2025
Our response:
We do not budget for Agency or Bank, the budget is held at substantive posts as Agency and Bank are only used for Vacancies and Sickness.
You asked:
5. Please confirm the name of the framework used for the supply of locum doctors in your trust.
Our response:
Health Trust Europe, Crown Commercial Services and Workforce Alliance.
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.