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Freedom of Information request Locum / AHP / HSS Spend

Response published: 3 February 2026

FOI Request

Good Morning, Please can you provide the below information: From 1st October 2025 to 31st December please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum AHP/HSS staffing. Please provide a further breakdown for locum AHP/HSS staffing by: • Spend per band • Spend per specialty • Spend per agency name In the period 1st October 2025 to 31st December please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with off-framework agencies for locum AHP/HSS staffing. Please provide a further breakdown for locum AHP/HSS staffing by: • Spend per band • Spend per specialty • Spend per agency name In the period 1st October 2025 to 31st December please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum AHP/HSS staffing Please provide a further breakdown for locum AHP/HSS staffing by: • Spend per grade • Spend per specialty • Spend per internal or associated external provider Please confirm your allocated budget for agency locum AHP/HSS staffing for the period 1st October 2025 to 31st December Please confirm the framework you utilise for AHP/HSS agency staff. Appreciate your help with this request in advance. Kind regards,

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 006-2026

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

You asked:

From 1st October 2025 to 31st December please provide a breakdown of:

• Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum AHP/HSS staffing.

Our response:

£4.382

You asked:

Please provide a further breakdown for locum AHP/HSS staffing by:
• Spend per band

Our response:

Band 7.

You asked:

• Spend per specialty

Our response:

Speech and Language Therapy.

You asked:

• Spend per agency name

Our response:

£4,382

You asked:

In the period 1st October 2025 to 31st December please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with off-framework agencies for locum AHP/HSS staffing.

Our response:

£00.00

You asked:

Please provide a further breakdown for locum AHP/HSS staffing by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name

Our response:

Not applicable.

You asked:

In the period 1st October 2025 to 31st December please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum AHP/HSS staffing

Our response:

 3-month period ending 31st December 2025 £ 
WS0E Bank Manager Physio 3,397.11
WS1A Bank Podiatrist 13,466.33
WS1B Bank Dietician 635.31
WS1C Bank Occupational Therapist 53,489.95
WS1E Bank Physiotherapist 56,259.33
WS1J Bank Speech & Lang Therapist 22,320.43
WS4T Bank Technician Op theatres 6,565.01
WS1M Bank Psychological Therapist 27,770.13
WS1U Bank Social Worker 59,163.51
WS2L Bank Psychologist 26,046.54
WS2M Sci Psych Therapy – Bank 2,342.31
WS4R Bank Dental Technician 7,183.65
WS5M Bank Assist Pract Psych Therpy 1,681.21
Total 280,320.82

You asked:

Please provide a further breakdown for locum AHP/HSS staffing by:

  • Spend per grade
  • Spend per specialty
  • Spend per internal or associated external provider

Our response:

  • Spend per grade – Information not held by grade.
  • Spend per specialty – Information not held by speciality
  • Spend per internal or associated external provider – All Internal

You asked:

Please confirm your allocated budget for agency locum AHP/HSS staffing for the period 1st October 2025 to 31st December

Our response:

Budgets are not held for Bank and Agency as Budget is held for Substantive Posts.

You asked:

Please confirm the framework you utilise for AHP/HSS agency staff.

Our response:

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

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