Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 361-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
Medical temporary staffing supply
You asked:
1. Do you manage your Medical Workforce Bank Internally?
Our response:
Yes
You asked:
2. If Yes to the question above, do you manage your Medical workforce bank internally using specialist bank technology e.g. Patchwork, NHS Professionals, Locums Nest, Liaison, Allocate?
Our response:
Locums Nest
You asked:
If Yes to the above questions is it actively used?
Our response:
Yes, actively used between 4-5 times a month
You asked:
3. Do you outsource the management of your Medical workforce bank?
Our response:
No
You asked:
4. If Yes to the above question, can you confirm the supplier managing it for you?
Our response:
Not applicable
You asked:
5. Do you use Direct Engagement?
Our response:
Yes
You asked:
6. If Yes to the above question, can you confirm the supplier managing it for you? And can you specify the staff groups and if it is bank or agency?
Our response:
The Trust uses DE through ID MEDICAL
Agency staff for medical
You asked:
7. What is your total Bank and agency hours for the Financial Year 2023/2024?
Our response:
Please note Medical & Dental are usually combined as a Staff Group on our systems/nationally
Bank hours:
| Medical & Dental hours | 13830.21 |
| Medical Only hours | 13271.46 |
The Trust cannot provide information about agency hours, the information is not captured centrally
You asked:
8. Does your Trust have any doctors that work on the bank via a LTD company?
Our response:
No
Associated costs -Medical
You asked:
9. Please confirm the charges that you pay to your technology provider for use of their system. e.g. Patchwork, NHS Professionals, Locums Nest, Liaison, Allocate? (in the last Financial Year 2023/2024)
Our response:
Locums Nest (£6k)
You asked:
10. Can you confirm how you are charged eg per hour, fixed fee, percentage? And what the fees are?
Our response:
Fixed, £6,000,000
You asked:
11. Please confirm the charges you pay your managed service provider for Medical Workforce? e.g. Patchwork, NHS Professionals, Locums Nest, Liaison, Allocate? (if applicable, in the last Financial Year 2023/2024)
Our response:
MSP fee of 1% of all throughput – Non-Direct Engagement – Direct Engagement fees at 3.5% of worker hourly pay throughput
You asked:
12. Can you confirm how you are charged for managed service? eg per hour, fixed fee or percentage?
Our response:
Percentage
You asked:
13. Please confirm the roster system provider used for your medical workforce? Eg Liaison, RL Datix etc
Our response:
RL Datix
You asked:
14. Please confirm charges that you pay to your technology provider for Direct Engagement? Eg per hour fixed fee, percentage
Our response:
Nil
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.