Agency Staffing

Dear Mr Charlton,

 

Thank you for your request for information submitted under the Freedom of
Information Act.  We can confirm that Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust will reply on or before the 19^th January 2012.

 

Regards

 

Freedom of Information Group

c/o Medical Directors Office

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Fulwood

Preston

PR2 9HT

 

 

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Dear Mr Charlton,

 

Thank you for your request for information submitted under the Freedom of
Information Act.  We can confirm that Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust does hold some of the information requested.

 

Request:

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 Professionals (AHP)

All Health Science Services (HSS)

Radiography/Medical Imaging

Physiotherapy

Pathology

Pharmacy

Mortuary

Nursing

Medical Locums (Doctors)

 

Time periods:

2006 (1^st Jan – 31^st Dec)

2007 (1^st Jan – 31^st Dec)

2008 (1^st Jan – 31^st Dec)

2009 (1^st Jan – 31^st Dec)

2010 (Q1 – 1^st Jan – 31^st March)

2010 (Q2 – 1^st April – 30^th June)

2010 (Q3 – 1^st July – 30^th September)

2010 (Q4 – 1^st October – 31^st December)

2011 (Q1 – 1^st Jan – 31^st March)

2011 (Q2 – 1^st April – 30^th June)

2011 (Q3 – 1^st July – 30^th September)

 

Response:

All agency staff used by the Trust are on the National OGC Framework
Agreements. 

 

The preferred supplier for Medical Locums is Medacs.

 

The preferred suppliers for Nursing staff are:

Care @ Northwest

Key Care and Support

Kareplus

 

For the other categories requested there are no preferred suppliers and
suppliers are selected from the Framework Agreements as required.

 

Attached is a spreadsheet detailing the Nursing and Medical spend.  All
other staff groups are summarised under other. To breakdown the
information into the categories as requested would require a manual
exercise which would take over the 2.5 day limit.  The appropriate limit
is specified in regulations and is set at £450 for a NHS Foundation
Trust.  The appropriate limit represents the estimated cost of one person
spending two and a half days in determining whether the Trust holds the
information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information. 
Consequently, the Trust is not obliged by the Freedom of Information Act
2000 to respond to your request (see section 12(1)).

 

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information Group

 

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C/o Medical Directors Office

LTH NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Fulwood

Preston

PR2 9HT

 

 

 

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