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Freedom of Information request Locum Doctors

Response published: 6 February 2026

FOI Request

Good Morning, Please can I request the below information: In the period 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2026 please provide a breakdown of: • 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   In the period 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2026 please provide a breakdown of: • 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   In the period 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2026 please provide a breakdown of: • 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 Please confirm your allocated budget for agency locum doctors for the period 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2026 Please confirm the name of the framework used for the supply of locum doctors in your trust. Thanks in advance

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 033-2026

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

You asked:

In the period 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2026 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum doctors

Our response:

£214,770.87

You asked:

Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name

Our response:

Spend per speciality/grade:

Y921 – Agency General Practitioner – £78,016.65

YC52 – Agency Consultant General Psych – £24,851.84

YC53 – Agency Consultant C & A – £57,645.52

YD52 – Agency Specialist Dr General Psych – £54,256.86

Agency Name – All ID Medical Ltd

You asked:

In the period 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2026 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with off-framework agencies for locums doctors

Our response:

No Spend – Nil.

You asked:

Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name

Our response:

Not applicable.

You asked:

In the period 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2026 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum doctors

Our response:

£1,091,376.07

You asked:

Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per internal or associated external provider

Our response:

W971 – Bank Dental Practitioner – £0

W980 – Bank Public Health Dental – £5,107.96

WC51 – Bank Consultant LD Psychiatry – £25,397.26

WC52 – Bank Consultant General Psychiatry – £188,939.24

WC53 – Bank Consultant C & A Psychiatry – £2,483.01

WD01 – Bank Spec Dr General Int Med – £48,052.87

WD52 – Bank Specialist Dr General Psych – £33,063.47

Z107 – Bank GPwSI Heart Failure – £0

Spend per internal or associated external provider – Combination of Internal and ID Medical

You asked:

Please confirm your allocated budget for agency locum doctors for the period 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2026

Our response:

No budget allocated to Agency or Bank as budget is held at substantive post leve.

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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