Agency Staffing

Dear Mr Charlton

Thank you for your enquiry requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. We will now proceed with the request. It is our
intention to have the information sent out by 19/1/12.

The request is subject to any exemption which the Trust is entitled to
apply to refuse the request, some of which are absolute and some of
which only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that in disclosing the information.

Once the information has been identified the Trust may also ask that a
fee be paid for processing and delivering the information to you.
Details of any fee to be charged will be notified to you as soon as
possible.

Any future correspondence you may have in relation to this matter should
be marked private & confidential and sent to the Freedom of Information
Lead. Luton and Dunstable NHS Trust, Lewsey Road, Luton, Beds, LU4 0DZ.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Lead

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Dear Mr Charlton

I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by
the Trust under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

Please find document attached. We do not currently use a Framework
agreement for AHP or HSS staff. For both Nursing and Medical Agency we
currently use the Government Procurement Service framework agreement &
will transfer to our procurement partners Framework agreement (already
in place) in 2012.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your
own purposes, including any noncommercial research you are doing and for
the purposes of news reporting.

Most documents supplied by Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust will
have been produced by government officials and will be Crown Copyright.
You can find details on the arrangements for re-using Crown Copyright on
HMSOnline at:
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/copyright/licence...

Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright
continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or
organisation, from which the information originated. You must ensure
that you gain their permission before reproducing any third party (non
Crown Copyright) information.

If for whatever reason you are unhappy with our response you are
entitled to pursue any dissatisfaction through the Trust's Complaints
Procedure. The Trust's Complaints Officer can be contacted by writing to
Patient Affairs. Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust, Lewsey Road,
Luton, Beds, LU4 0DZ.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by Luton and Dunstable Hospital Foundation Trust.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire
SK9 5AF.

If you have any queries please contact me quoting the reference number
above.

Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Lead

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