Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 001-2026
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. In the period 1st October 2025 to 31st December 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
- Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum nurses
Our response:
£580,577.14 – Includes Nursing HCAs, AHPs and medical staff – no breakdown available
You asked:
a. Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
- Spend per band
- Spend per specialty
- Spend per agency name
Our response:
No breakdown available.
You asked:
2. In the period 1st October 2025 to 31st December 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
- Total trust spend with off framework agencies for locum nurses
Our response:
£28,900.80 – Mostly Nursing – no breakdown available
You asked:
a. Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
- Spend per band
- Spend per specialty
- Spend per agency name
Our response:
No breakdown available.
You asked:
3. In the period 1st October 2025 to 31st December 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
- Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum nurses
Our response:
£1,852,367.70 – Registered Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Staff.
You asked:
a. Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
- Spend per band
- Spend per specialty
- Spend per agency name
Our response:
| 3-month period ending 31st December 2025 £ | ||
| Nurse Mgr Acute Eld & Gen-Bank | Bank | 6,990.77 |
| Bank Nurse Mgr Com Mental Hlth | Bank | 1,596.31 |
| Bank Nurse Mgr Oth Mental Hlth | Bank | 1,796.78 |
| Bank Nurse Mgr Comm Serv | Bank | 459.65 |
| Bank Children’s Nurse Comm | Bank | 8,760.74 |
| Bank Health Visitor | Bank | 31,658.77 |
| Bank Reg Nurse Comm L1 MH | Bank | 51,189.18 |
| Bank District Nurse Comm L1 | Bank | 98,159.02 |
| Bank Reg Nurse Oth L1 General | Bank | 516,873.48 |
| Bank Reg Nurse Comm Oth L1 MH | Bank | 178,226.71 |
| Bank Reg Nurse Oth MH | Bank | 397,275.96 |
| Bank Other L1 Nurse Other LD | Bank | 15,771.91 |
| Bank Reg Nurse Other Comm PH | Bank | 518,058.48 |
| Bank Other L1 Nurse Ed Staff | Bank | 5,926.91 |
| Bank Reg Nurse Oth L2 General | Bank | 7,113.73 |
| Bank Reg Nurse Comm Oth L2 MH | Bank | 114.16 |
| Bank Reg Nurse Other L2 Oth MH | Bank | 32.53 |
| Bank Other L2 Nurse Comm Serv | Bank | 11,630.02 |
| Qual School Nurse – Bank | Bank | 732.59 |
| 1,852,367.70 |
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 October 2025 to 31st December 2025)
Our response:
836
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 October 2025 to 31st December 2025)
Our response:
30
You asked:
6. Please confirm the framework you utilise for nursing 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
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.