Agency Staffing

Dear Rob

Thank you for your request, which is being processed under the conditions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000. Your enquiry has been logged and forwarded to the appropriate department for action. Please note that the Trust has 20 working days to provide its response, although we will endeavor to do so before then.

Kind Regards,

The FOI Team at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Charlton,
 
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI).
You requested:
 
     Please can you provide me with further information on the supply of
     agency Staff to your trust/authority. Please could you advise on
     the agency/locum spend for the following categories during the
     following time periods:
 
     Categories:
     All Allied Health Professions (AHP)
     All Health Science Services (HSS)
     Radiography / Medical Imaging
     Physiotherapy
     Pathology
     Pharmacy
     Mortuary
     Nursing
     Medical Locums (Doctors)
 
     Time periods:
     2006 (1st Jan-31st Dec)
     2007 (1st Jan-31st Dec)
     2008 (1st Jan-31st Dec)
     2009 (1st Jan-31st Dec)
     2010 (Q1 – 1st Jan – 31st March)
     2010 (Q2 – 1st April – 30th June)
     2010 (Q3 – 1st July – 30th September)
     2010 (Q4 – 1st October – 31st December)
     2011 (Q1 – 1st Jan – 31st March)
     2011 (Q2 – 1st April – 30th June)
     2011 (Q3 – 1st July – 30th September)
 
     Please outline details of any current framework or preferred
     supplier list in place for the supply of agency/locum staff within
     the above categories to your trust/authority along with details on
     any renewal dates or plans to re-procure the agreements.
 
Unfortunately, We do not record information in these date time periods and
therefore we consider that this will take us over the appropriate limit to
respond to this query.
 
The appropriate limit
Section 12 of the FOIA provides an exemption from a public authority’s
obligation to comply with a request for information where the cost of     
compliance is estimated to exceed the appropriate limit. The appropriate
limit is the key concept concerning fees.
The Fees Regulations state that this cost limit is £600 for central
government, legislative bodies and the armed forces (ie Part 1 of Schedule
1
of the FOIA) and £450 for all other public authorities.
 
We are sorry we have been unable to answer your request this time
 
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Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
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Kind Regards
 
The FOI Team at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
 
 
 
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