Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI GHC11022026-569181
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Please provide name and contact details (email address and telephone number where possible) of the following (broken down per site):
a) Temporary Staffing Manager or Staff Bank Manager
b) Lead Cancer Nurse and/or;
c) Cancer Manager
Our response:
a. No one particular person this is a Team – temp.staff@ghc.nhs.uk
b. The Trust does not employ these types of nurses.
c. The Trust does not employ these types of nurses.
You asked:
2. How much nursing agency usage from January 2025 to December 2025 has the Trust used? This is a request for Nursing only. I request for this information to be broken down into the following:
a) unit/site and ward/department
Our response:
| Unit | Total £ |
| Abbey View Ward – Tewkesbury Hosp | 26.75 |
| Abbey Ward – Wotton Lawn Hospital | 2332.03 |
| Cashes Green Ward – Stroud Hospital | 48.67 |
| Chestnut Ward – Charlton Lane Hospital | 843.58 |
| Coln Ward – Cirencester Hospital | 38.75 |
| Cotswold View Ward – North Cots Hospital | 120.75 |
| Cotswolds Community – Nursing | 2161.50 |
| Crisis – Cheltenham & Tewkesbury | 9.50 |
| Crisis – West Gloucestershire | 27.75 |
| Dean Ward – Wotton Lawn Hospital | 3447.72 |
| Eating Disorders – Community Team – Non Rostered | 1928.00 |
| ECT – Wotton Lawn Hospital | 504.58 |
| Forest Community – Occupational Therapy | 135.00 |
| Greyfriars PICU – Wotton Lawn Hospital | 3221.08 |
| ID Medical Guaranteed Fill – All Sites | 69.40 |
| Jubilee Ward – Stroud Hospital | 83.00 |
| Kingsholm Ward – Wotton Lawn Hospital | 991.73 |
| LD Berkeley House | 1176.00 |
| MIiU – Cirencester Hospital | 100.50 |
| MIiU – North Cots Hospital | 11.50 |
| MIiU – Stroud Hospital | 48.50 |
| MIiU – Tewkesbury Hospital | 128.00 |
| MIiU – Vale | 28.50 |
| Montpellier Ward – Wotton Lawn Hospital | 560.17 |
| MSK Physio | 375.00 |
| Mulberry Ward – Charlton Lane Hospital | 763.08 |
| Occupational Health – Non Rostered | 2831.00 |
| Peak View Ward – Vale Hospital | 143.25 |
| Priory Ward – Wotton Lawn Hospital | 3383.00 |
| Recovery – Cirencester – Non Rostered | 339.45 |
| Recovery – Gloucester – Non Rostered | 3969.17 |
| Recovery Tewkesbury – Non Rostered | 1639.25 |
| Rehab Inpatients – Honeybourne | 97.83 |
| Rehab Inpatients – Laurel House | 63.50 |
| SALT Adults PH – Non Rostered | 164.80 |
| Surgical – Stroud Hospital | 302.08 |
| Theatre – Tewkesbury | 40.00 |
| Willow Ward – Charlton Lane Hospital | 542.00 |
| Windrush Ward – Cirencester Hospital | 5.25 |
| Woodland View Ward – Forest Hospital | 55.75 |
| Grand Total | 32757.38 |
You asked:
b) grade/title (i.e. Band 5/6/7 Nurse etc.)
Our response:
| Booked Grade | Total |
| B5CNSR | 106.00 |
| B5GenBS | 149.00 |
| B5GenNHSI | 14102.05 |
| B5GenP2 | 2254.67 |
| B6CRITNHSI | 7360.87 |
| B6CRITP2 | 169.00 |
| Band 5 RMN | 2468.48 |
| Band 5 RN | 877.18 |
| Band 6 RN | 486.50 |
| Band 7 RN | 4552.13 |
| ENP/ECP Non-Pres | 35.50 |
| ENP/ECP Prescriber | 5.50 |
| ENP/ECP(N-P)NHSI | 54.00 |
| RN(N24) | 136.50 |
| Grand Total | 32757.38 |
You asked:
c) amount of hours and/or full time equivalent (FTE) broken down per month during the requested time period above
Our response:
| Months (Date) | Total | FTE |
| January | 3486.48 | 21.13 |
| February | 3250.95 | 19.70 |
| March | 3217.25 | 19.50 |
| April | 2582.50 | 15.65 |
| May | 2811.27 | 17.04 |
| June | 3084.00 | 18.69 |
| July | 2804.18 | 17.00 |
| August | 2557.08 | 15.50 |
| September | 2240.07 | 13.58 |
| October | 2486.17 | 15.07 |
| November | 2289.90 | 13.88 |
| December | 1947.53 | 11.80 |
| Grand Total | 32757.38 | 198.53 |
You asked:
d) total cost of agency usage (in £) per month during the requested time period above
Our response:
| 2024 / 2025 | 2025 / 2026 | Total January to December | |||||||||||
| Agency Staff | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
| Registered Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Staff – £ | 80,906 | 108,185 | 218,541 | 74,389 | 74,389 | 109,562 | 78,710 | 71,738 | 73,009 | 72,377 | 78,885 | 60,481 | 1,101,171 |
You asked:
e) what agencies were used, along with total amount in £ per agency on a monthly basis during the requested time period above
Our response:
| 2024 / 2025 | 2025 / 2026 | Total January to December | |||||||||||
| Agency Staff | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
| Thornbury Nursing Services – Off Framework £ Note: Mostly nursing, no breakdown available |
59,828 | 17,025 | 33,842 | 12,125 | 14,579 | 16,739 | 14,257 | 18,810 | 12,294 | 10,240 | 9,467 | 9,193 | 228,399 |
| ID Medical Group Ltd – On Framework £ Note: including nursing HCAs, AHP and medical staff, no break down available |
399,836 | 444,250 | 357,296 | 294,044 | 235,405 | 390,551 | 380,507 | 213,932 | 213,329 | 166,467 | 207,469 | 206,641 | 3,509,727 |
You asked:
f) of these agencies, who were classified as ‘off framework’ and ‘on framework’
Our response:
| 2024 / 2025 | 2025 / 2026 | Total January to December | |||||||||||
| Agency Staff | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
| Thornbury Nursing Services – Off Framework £ Note: Mostly nursing, no breakdown available |
59,828 | 17,025 | 33,842 | 12,125 | 14,579 | 16,739 | 14,257 | 18,810 | 12,294 | 10,240 | 9,467 | 9,193 | 228,399 |
| ID Medical Group Ltd – On Framework £ Note: including nursing HCAs, AHP and medical staff, no break down available |
399,836 | 444,250 | 357,296 | 294,044 | 235,405 | 390,551 | 380,507 | 213,932 | 213,329 | 166,467 | 207,469 | 206,641 | 3,509,727 |
You asked:
3. How does the Trust source any Nurse agency requirements? I request your answer include any frameworks that you use along with the number of SLAs you have in place with providers.
Our response:
We have a Managed Service Provision in place with ID Medical.
You asked:
4. Based on your answer above, can you confirm the number of incidences whereby your agency need has been charged above NHSi cap, broken down per shift on a monthly basis i.e. April 2018 = 25 shifts and by what agency
Our response:
| Months (Date) | Duration | Count |
| January | 209.42 | 26 |
| February | 108.67 | 16 |
| March | 263.92 | 36 |
| April | 105.50 | 19 |
| May | 99.02 | 20 |
| June | 128.50 | 21 |
| July | 95.50 | 20 |
| August | 128.50 | 20 |
| September | 81.08 | 11 |
| October | 70.92 | 10 |
| November | 74.33 | 11 |
| December | 83.50 | 9 |
| Grand Total | 1448.85 | 219 |
You asked:
5. Who is responsible for making the decision on which agency/recruitment business to use to fulfil your agency nursing requirements. Please include name and contact details (email and telephone number where possible).
Our response:
You asked:
6. What are the Trusts current full-time and part-time vacancies for:
a) Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists
b) Lead Cancer Nurse
c) Cancer Manager
d) Chemotherapy Nurses
e) Radiology Nurses
f) Oncology Nurses
g) General Nurses (all specialisms)
Our response:
A to f – None, we do not employ these types of nurses.
g. General |Nurses
| Occ Group | FTE Variance |
| Adult Nurses | -26.80 |
| Child Nurse | -1.03 |
| Community Nurse | -0.80 |
| LD Nurse | -7.85 |
| MH Nurse | -88.88 |
| Other Registered Nurses | -3.40 |
| Grand Total | -128.76 |
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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