Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 242-2026
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Please provide the information for the six-month period ending 30 June 2026.
Agency nursing expenditure
a. The total expenditure on nursing staff supplied through NHS framework agencies.
Our response:
£308k – total spend.
You asked:
b. The total expenditure on nursing staff supplied through off-framework (non-framework) agencies.
Our response:
£308k – total spend.
You asked:
c. A breakdown of both categories by nursing speciality or staff group, where recorded (for example RGN, RMN, RNLD or other nursing categories used by the Trust).
Our response:
| Supplier |
£ 6-month period ending 30th June 2026 |
||
| ID Medical Group Ltd | On Framework | 1,887,726.64 | Includes Medical/Nursing/AHPs/HCAs |
| Thornbury Nursing Services | Off Framework | 85,493.45 | mostly Nursing & HCAs |
| Total | 1,973,220.09 |
You asked:
2. Temporary staffing expenditure
a. The total expenditure on the Trust’s nursing staff bank.
Our response:
| 6 month period ending 30th June 2026 (£000) | |||
| Agency Staff | Registered nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff | 308 | no further breakdown available |
| Bank Staff | Registered nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff | 2146 | no further breakdown available |
| Total | 2,454 |
You asked:
b. The budget for temporary nursing staffing, showing agency and bank separately where this is recorded.
Our response:
We do not have budget for bank as the budget is held at the substantive role.
You asked:
c. Where available, the same information for the equivalent six-month period in the previous financial year.
Our response:
| 6 month period ending 30th June 2026 (£000) | ||
| Agency Staff | Registered nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff | 666 |
| Bank Staff | Registered nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff | 3683 |
| Total | 4,349 |
You asked:
3. Agency demand and fulfilment
a. The total number of nursing shifts released to agency.
Our response:
3343.
You asked:
b. The total number and percentage of those shifts that remained unfilled.
Our response:
1130 = 33%
You asked:
c. Where recorded, the number of unfilled agency shifts that were released with less than five hours’ notice before the shift start time.
Our response:
407.
You asked:
4. Workforce resilience and corridor care
Please provide a copy of any Board, Executive, Finance or Workforce Committee report produced during the reporting period that discusses one or more of the following:
• Agency nursing expenditure.
• Staff bank expenditure.
• Unfilled nursing shifts.
• Workforce availability in relation to corridor care, emergency department overcrowding or patient flow.
Our response:
Please click on links below to access documents:
- Temporary Staffing Policy – Temporary Staffing Policy FINAL (1)
- Off-Framework Approval Checklist Record Form – Off-Framework Approval Checklist Record Form
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.