Royal Stoke University Hospital
Ref: FOIA Reference 2015/238
Quality, Safety and Compliance Department
Newcastle Road
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST4 6QG
Date: 19th June 2015
Tel: 01782 676474
Email
xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
David Rogers
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Srequest-270670-d8055b13@whatdotheyknow.comecretary
Dear Mr Rogers,
I am writing in response to your email dated 27th May 2015 requesting information under the Freedom
of Information Act (2000) regarding trust spend on Allied Health agency workers in 2014/15.
As of 1st November 2014 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) manages two
hospital sites – Royal Stoke University Hospital, and County Hospital (Stafford). Therefore the
response below is for the two sites combined from that date where appropriate.
Q1
Please can you confirm what your total spend on Allied Health Professional (AHP)
agency staff was during the financial year 2014-15?
Can you please break this financial information down by AHP specialism:
Arts Therapists,
Chiropodist/Podiatrist,
Dietician,
Occupational Therapist,
Physiotherapist,
Prosthetist / Orthotist,
Imaging Professionals,
Speech / Language Professionals
A1
The recorded expenditure for Allied Health Professional (AHP) agency staff by specialism is:
Dietician - £1,924
Physiotherapist - £35,448
Imaging Professional - £1,134,529
There is no recorded expenditure for AHP agency staff for the other AHP specialisms listed.
Q2
Please can you confirm the names of the organisation/s you procure temporary Allied
Health Professionals (AHP) from?
A2
The Trust’s framework Allied Health Professionals (AHP) temporary staffing suppliers are
Atlantis Medical Ltd
Mind Professionals
Castlerock Recruitment Group Ltd
MSI Recruitment Ltd
CLINICAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Mylocum Ltd
Coyle Personnel plc
Pertemps Medical Professionals
Day Webster Ltd
PJ Locums Ltd
DRC Locums Ltd
PSL Recruitment Services Limited
HCL Healthcare limited
Rig Medical Recruit ltd
Hydra Healthcare Ltd
RMR Recruitment Ltd
ID Medical
Sensible Locums Ltd
Jennie Reeves Radiographers Agency
Service Care Solutions
Locum Placement Group
Sonographers Medical Ltd
Medicare First
Supply Care Medical
MedicsPro Ltd
The Locum Agency (UK) Ltd T/A TLA Group
Medilink Consulting Limited
The London Teaching Pool
This letter confirms the completion of this request. A log of this request and a copy of this letter will be
held by the Trust.
If you have any queries related to the response provided please in the first instance contact my office.
Should you have a complaint about the response or the handling of your request, please also contact
my office to request a review of this. If having exhausted the Trust’s FOIA complaints process you are
still not satisfied, you are entitled to approach the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and
request an assessment of the manner in which the Trust has managed your request.
The Information Commissioner may be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF or via
www.ico.org.uk.
If following review of the responses I can be of any further assistance please contact my secretary on
01782 676474.
Yours,
Helen Grocott
Information Governance Manager