Thursday, 22 November 2018
Steve Mountain
E.mail:
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Dear Steve
Freedom of Information Act Request: Our ref #1389
Thank you for your FOI request regarding agency recruitment. Please find below our response:
1.
How many doctors have been booked outside of IR35 since April 2017?
None
2.
What is your yearly trust spend (Oct 17 to Oct 18) on agency locum doctors via framework
agencies, broken down into grade and specialty?
£2,369,000 (please note that this is 13
months) all at Speciality Registrar level and Trauma and Orthopaedic Speciality
3.
What is your yearly trust spend on agency locum doctors (Oct 17 to Oct 18) via OFF-framework
agencies, broken down into grade and specialty?
No spend via off framework agencies
4.
What is your average total charge rate for a locum consultant doctor?
No Locum Consultant
Doctors were employed October 2017 – October 2018.
5.
Who is the highest paid locum Consultant, what is the hourly rate and in what specialty do they
practice?
Not applicable
6.
Please can you outline your spend per agency, broken down by grade and specialty of doctor
over the past 12 months?
All spend has been with ID medical, at Specialist registrar level and
all for Trauma and Orthopaedic speciality
I hope that this response answers your request, however please let me know if it does not. If you are
unhappy with the Trust’s response you can appeal to:
Paul Athey, Acting Chief Executive
The Royal Orthopaedic NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters
Bristol Road South
Birmingham
B31 2AP
If you then remain dissatisfied, you have the right under section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act to
apply to the Information Commissioner to seek resolution to the matter.
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2AP
Telephone: 0121 685 4000 Facsimile: 0121 685 4100
Further details can be found on the website
: http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/
Yours sincerely
Simon Grainger-Lloyd
Associate Director of Governance & Company Secretary