AHP Employment Statistics and Costs

Dear Hayley Lester,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information Ref: 972

Thank you for your request for Trust information that is available to you
under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm
that this matter is currently receiving attention and a Trust
representative will be in touch with you within the statutory timescale,
currently 20 working days.

The Trust will inform you of any exempt information along with any fee
required, in due course. The Trust may require further detail from you to
assist its search for the information you have requested. You may
therefore be contacted in due course if it is necessary to clarify your
request. The provisions of the Act regulate all these matters.

Meanwhile, if you wish to discuss any aspect of your request please do not
hesitate to contact us quoting the reference number above.

Yours Sincerely,

Information Governance Team

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Aintree House

Longmoor Lane

Liverpool

L9 7AL

Email: [1][email address]

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Dear Hayley Lester,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information Reference:
971/972

Please be aware that we are pulling these requests together and
considering them as one as they appear to be from the same recipient and
relate to the same type of information.

We advise that if you have further questions in this area, you wait until
we have been able to respond to these requests.

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact
us.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to Information Governance Team, FOI Requests, Aintree
House, University Hospital Aintree, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL or email
[1][email address] and quote the reference number above.

If you are not content with the outcome 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 the Trust. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours Sincerely,

Information Governance Team

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Aintree House

Longmoor Lane

Liverpool

L9 7AL

Email: [2][email address]

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Dear Hayley Lester,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information Reference: 971 /
972

Thank you for your request for information regarding staff at Aintree
University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Please find below, the answers to your questions:

Allied Health Care Professionals

- Please break this down into the following categories:

Dietitians

Occupational Therapists

Operating Department Practitioners

Pharmacists

Physiotherapists

Radiographers

Sonographers

And Nurses

- Please break this down into the following categories:

RNLD - Registered Learning Disability Nurse

CPN - Community psychiatric nurse

RMN - Registered Mental Nurse

RGN - Registered General Nurse

RSCN- Registered Sick Children's Nurse

If possible could this information please be presented for the year Jan
2010 - Dec 2010, showing both the annual total and monthly breakdown.

We do not provide paediatric services, and we are unable to provide a full
breakdown in the detail you have requested within the appropriate time
limits.* We have therefore provided as full a response as has been
possible.

1. Total Number of staff Directly employed across the Trust per job type,
by department

See table attached.

2. Number of temporary agency staff on placement within the Trust per job
type

During 2010, we used agency nurses for 1172 shifts, approximately 75% were
NA and 25% RGNs. These temporary staff are utilises as required. They are
often requested within 1-8hrs before the start of the shift, due to short
term sickness or additional activity which could be met by the internal
Trust Temporary staffing department.

3. Total Number of permanent jobs filled/resourced through recruitment
agencies

Nil

4. Total Spend on direct employment across the Trust per job type, by
department

See table attached.

5. Total Spend on Temporary agency labour across the Trust, per job type,

See table attached.

6. Total spend on Permanent fees paid to Agencies

See table attached.

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact
us.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to Information Governance Team, FOI Requests, Aintree
House, University Hospital Aintree, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL or email
[1][email address] and quote the reference number above.

If you are not content with the outcome 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 the Trust. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours Sincerely,

Information Governance Team

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Aintree House

Longmoor Lane

Liverpool

L9 7AL

Email: [2][email address]

* The appropriate limit is specified in the Freedom of Information and
Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 and for an
NHS Trust it is set at £450. This represents the cost of one person
spending 2½ working days in determining whether the Trust holds the
information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information.
Consequently, the Trust is not obliged by the Freedom of Information Act
2000 to respond to your request (Section 12(1)).

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