Bank Workforce & VMS Arrangements

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Dear St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust,

In relation to your Healthcare Agency supply of Temporary Workers could you please provide the answers to the following questions in the below table:
1. Do you have a Master Vendor or Neutral Vendor arrangement in place?
2. If yes, who is your current Master Vendor or Neutral Vendor Provider and which disciplines do they supply?
3. What fill rates are achieved with your Master Vendor or Neutral Vendor Provider in the various disciplines?
4. Are you charged a fee for the service and if so, what is the cost?
5. What is the expiry date for your current contract/contracts?

Staffing Provision MV or NV Provider Fill Rates % Service Fee Contract Expiry Date
General Nursing
Theatres (Nursing)
Healthcare Assistants
RMN’s (Where applicable)
Doctors (All specialisms)
Non-Medical, Non-Clinical
ENP/ANP

In relation to your Bank workforce expenditure please could you provide answers to the following questions:
1. Do you use any external/3rd parties to manage your bank workforce?
2. If so, please provide the name of the provider and contract start and end dates.
3. Which bank software do you use and how long are you in contract with them?
Please can you ensure that responses are replied to in line with the governance of freedom of information requests.

Thank you very much for your time and effort.

Yours faithfully,

Rhiannon Andrews

FOIrequests, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Hi,

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your FOI request 166141020 made to St
Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Warrington Road, Prescot
Merseyside concerning Bank Workforce & VMS Arrangements.

The Trust will endeavour to respond to your request within the 20 working
day time frame set out in the Freedom of information Act.

If you need to contact the Trust about your request you should write to
the above address or call on 0151 676 5697 or direct any e-mails to
[1][Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust request
email]. Please quote the above reference number in all communications

Sharon Muldoon

Freedom of Information Officer

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FOIrequests, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Hi,

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your FOI request 167141020 made to St
Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Warrington Road, Prescot
Merseyside concerning Healthcare Agency & Bank Spend by Discipline
(Temporary Workers) FY 2019/2020

The Trust will endeavour to respond to your request within the 20 working
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Sharon Muldoon

Freedom of Information Officer

Pavilion

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Tel 0151 676 5698

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FOIrequests, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Hi

Please find the attached information from St Helens & Knowsley Teaching
Hospitals NHS Trust, Warrington Road, Prescot, Merseyside in response to
your Freedom of information request ref 166141020 regarding Bank Workforce
& VMS Arrangements.

If you are unhappy with the way that the Trust has handled your request
you should contact the Complaints Department at Whiston Hospital at the
above address.

If any of the information that you requested has been subject to an
exemption you can ask for an internal review of that decision by
contacting the Complaints Department.

Following an internal appeal by the Trust you also have recourse to the
Information Commissioner (IC) for a review of the Trusts response. Contact
the IC as below:-

Information Commissioners Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

Sharon Muldoon

Freedom of Information Officer

Pavilion

Alexandra Business Park

Tel 0151 676 5698

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