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Freedom of Information request Nursing Spend

Response published: 10 July 2026

FOI Request

Good morning, Please can you provide the below information: In the period 1st April 2026 to 30th June 2026 please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum nurses Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by: • Spend per band • Spend per specialty • Spend per agency name In the period 1st April 2026 to 30th June 2026 please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with off framework agencies for locum nurses Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by: • Spend per band • Spend per specialty • Spend per agency name In the period 1st April 2026 to 30th June 2026 please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum nurses Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by: • Spend per band • Spend per specialty • Spend per agency name 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 April 2026 to 30th June) 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 April 2026 to 30th June 2026) Please confirm the framework you utilise for nursing agency staff. Kind regards

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 199-2026

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

You asked:

In the period 1st April 2026 to 30th June 2026 please provide a breakdown of:

  • Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum nurses

Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:

  • Spend per band
  • Spend per specialty
  • Spend per agency name

Our response:

Job Grade/Band Specialty/Sector Supplier Sum of Gross
Band 5 General ID Medical [NUR] (V) 997.51
Band 5 General Your World Recruitment Group (V) 13,767.61
Band 5 Mental Health Gold Staff Recruitment (V) 22,514.44
Band 5 Mental Health ID Medical [NUR] (V) 62,130.08
Band 5 Mental Health Nothing But Recruitment (V) 1,934.10
Band 5 Mental Health PE Global (V) 379.20
Band 5 Mental Health RHC 360 Solutions Limited (V) 4,685.03
Band 6 Community ID Medical [NUR] (V) 12,308.74
Band 6 General Hunter AHP Resourcing [AHP] (V) 6,912.38
Band 6 Mental Health HCL Workforce [Nur] (V) 8,726.10
Band 6 Mental Health Hunter AHP Resourcing [AHP] (V) 30,112.70
Grand Total 164,467.90

Spend per agency name – All under MSP – ID Medical

You asked:

In the period 1st April 2026 to 30th June 2026 please provide a breakdown of:

  • Total trust spend with off framework agencies for locum nurses

Our response:

£59,073.72 – Nursing and HCA’s.

You asked:

Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:

  • Spend per band
  • Spend per specialty
  • Spend per agency name

Our response:

The Trust do not hold a breakdown of the information requested by band or speciality.

Agency Name – Thornbury Nursing Services.

You asked:

In the period 1st April 2026 to 30th June 2026 please provide a breakdown of:

  • Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum nurses

Our response:

£1,577,608.72

You asked:

Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:

  • Spend per band
  • Spend per specialty
  • Spend per agency name

Our response:

The Trust do not hold a breakdown of the information requested by band or speciality.

Agency Name – Internal Trust Bank.

You asked:

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 April 2026 to 30th June)

Our response:

612 shifts.

You asked:

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 April 2026 to 30th June 2026)

Our response:

8 shifts.

You asked:

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

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