Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 262-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. In the period 1st July 2025 to 30th September 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum nurses
Our response:
Total Trust spend agencies for locum nurses (includes framework and off framework suppliers ) – £144,747
Total Trust spend agencies for Off Framework supplier – THORNBURY NURSING SERVICES (includes Nurses and HCA roles) – £30,120
You asked:
2. Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name
Our response:
Spend per band and speciality is not held in a way that can be broken down by speciality.
Spend per agency name – ID Medical Group Ltd
You asked:
3. In the period 1st July 2025 to 30th September 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with off framework agencies for locum nurses
Our response:
Total Trust spend agencies for locum nurses (includes framework and off framework suppliers ) – £144,747
Total Trust spend agencies for Off Framework supplier – THORNBURY NURSING SERVICES (includes Nurses and HCA roles) – £30,120
You asked:
4. Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name
Our response:
Spend per band and speciality is not held in a way that can be broken down by speciality.
Spend per agency name – Thornbury Nursing Services
You asked:
5. In the period 1st July 2025 to 30th September 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum nurses
Our response:
£1.178,055
You asked:
6. Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name
Our response:
Spend per band and speciality is not held in a way that can be broken down by speciality.
Spend per agency name – Internal Trust Bank
You asked:
7. 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 July 2025 to 30th September 2025)
Our response:
592 shifts.
You asked:
8. 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 July 2025 to 30th September 2025)
Our response:
51 shifts including off-framework.
You asked:
9. 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.