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Freedom of Information request Temporary Staff Spend 2024/2025

Response published: 8 October 2025

FOI Request

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding Temporary Staff Spend and Waiting List Initiatives and Overtime Spend. Please can you complete the below questions: 1. Does the organisation use a third party to manage/ track WLI spend? a. If no, does your organisation use another method to manage/ track WLI spend? 2. How much did the organisation spend on agency (non-contract) staff and internal bank staff for the financial year 24/25 (April 2024 - March 2025)? Please fill in the spend in the table below for each staffing group and total. 3. How much did the organisation spend on Waiting List Initiative (WLI) and Overtime payments to staff (WLI payments refers to any sessional payments made for additional time worked under a system called the Waiting List Initiative, used by trusts to reduce waiting lists and meet government targets. Overtime payments are defined as any payment for additional time beyond the standard FTE for the grade). Please fill in the spend and number of sessions/hours in the below table for each staffing group and total. Q1. Temporary Staff Spend Q2. Waiting List Initiative & Overtime Spend Staffing Groups Agency Spend (£) Bank Spend (£) WLI Payments to staff (£) WLI Sessions (No.) Overtime Payments to Staff (£) Overtime Hours (No.) Total Medical and Dental Nursing and Healthcare Assistants Administration and Estates Healthcare Science Scientific, Therapeutic and Technical Staff (STT) inclusive of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) Ambulance staff Thanks,

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 257-2025

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

You asked:

1.Does the organisation use a third party to manage/ track WLI spend?

Our response:

No, The Trust does not have WLI spend. Please redirect your questions regarding WLI’s to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at ghn-tr.foi@nhs.net.

You asked:

2. If no, does your organisation use another method to manage/ track WLI spend?

Our response:

Not applicable.

You asked

3. How much did the organisation spend on agency (non-contract) staff and internal bank staff for the financial year 24/25 (April 2024 – March 2025)? Please fill in the spend in the table below for each staffing group and total.

Our response:

 Agency Spend Total  24/25 £000   Bank Spend Total  24/25  £000 
 Total               5,123           19,703
 Medical and Dental              2,305             2,051
 Nursing and Healthcare Assistants              2,469           14,602
 Administration and Estates                     7             1,603
 Healthcare Science  N/A  N/A
 Scientific, Therapeutic and Technical Staff (STT) inclusive of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)                 342             1,203
 Ambulance staff  N/A                244

 

You asked:

4. How much did the organisation spend on Waiting List Initiative (WLI) and Overtime payments to staff (WLI payments refers to any sessional payments made for additional time worked under a system called the Waiting List Initiative, used by trusts to reduce waiting lists and meet government targets. Overtime payments are defined as any payment for additional time beyond the standard FTE for the grade). Please fill in the spend and number of sessions/hours in the below table for each staffing group and total.

Our response:

Not applicable.

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.