Agency Nursing Expenditure

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Dear King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,

Would it be possible to answer the following questions:

1) What has been the agency cost of staff nurses from June 2018 till April 2019

2) What has been the bank cost of staff nurses from June 2018 till April 2019

3) Which agency(s) is used to provide the staff nurses

4) The number of permanent staff nurses at the trust during March 2019

5) What was the nurse vacancy rate during March 2019

6) What was the total number of newly qualified nurses who started working at the trust between September and December 2018

Yours faithfully,

Anita Begum

FOI (King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Ms Begum,  

  

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Information Act 2000 (the Act), dated 11^th April 2019.

 

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Freedom of Information Officer

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS

020 3299 9000

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FOI (King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Ms Begum,

 

Further to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the
Act) dated 11^th April 2019, I am writing to confirm the information that
the Trust does and does not hold. 

 

The Trust does hold the information you have requested. The text of your
request is repeated in bold on the attached document, together with the
Trust’s response.

 

You can find out more about the Act and other information resources
released by the Trust on our website at: [1]www.kch.nhs.uk

 

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Freedom of Information Officer

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS

020 3299 9000

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