Internal Reference Number: FOI_7386
Date Request Received: 18/08/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 12/09/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Nursing agency usage
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: .(a) Who is the head of procurement responsible for approving Nursing agency usage? (b) Secondly, who is the temporary / flexible staffing lead responsible for the management of this service? | |
| Answer To Question 1: Procurement are not responsible for approving Nursing Agency Usage Sharon Holt | |
| Question Number 2: Please can you provide the contact number and email address in relation to both question 1 (a) and (b) | |
| Answer To Question 2: a) Not applicable b) Sharon.holt5@nhs.net 01722 336 262 | |
| Question Number 3: Have you used Off-framework nursing agency staff in the last 3 months? | |
| Answer To Question 3: Yes | |
| Question Number 4: How much was your Off-Framework agency spend for each of the following staff groups between 31st January 2023 鈥� 31st July 2023 (a) RGN鈥檚 (b) Registered Midwives (c) RMN鈥檚 (d) ITU Nurses (e) A&E Nurses (f) Community psychiatric nurses | |
| Answer To Question 4: a) RGN鈥檚 - 拢83,118 b) RM鈥檚 - 拢6,910 c) RMN鈥檚 - 拢51,140 d) ITU - 拢11,718 (this is also included in the total for RGN鈥檚 as we do not separate RN鈥檚 for ITU and other areas) e) A&E 鈥� total is 拢32,858, however this is made up of 拢19,792 (RMN) and 拢13,066 (RN), again included in numbers for point C and A. Total cost for off-framework in below period was 拢244,482. | |
| Question Number 5: Following the same breakdown of staff groups in Question 3, how many Off-framework shifts have been unfilled between 31st January 2023 鈥� 31st July 2023 | |
| Answer To Question 5: The answer is no/zero, as we don鈥檛 book off framework agencies, these are very last minute requests. So there would be no unfilled. | |
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