Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 010-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. In the period 1st January 2025 to 31st March 2025 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
2. In the period 1st January 2025 to 31st March 2025 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
3. In the period 1st January 2025 to 31st March 2025 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:
Please see the link below.
Please note that spend by supplier does not distinguish spend per band or per specialty.
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 January 2025 to 31st March 2025).
Our response:
1322
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 January 2025 to 31st March 2025).
Our response:
1173
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.