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Dear Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,

I would like to request the following information under the freedom of information act:

1. How many doctors have been booked outside of IR35 since April 2017?
2. What is your yearly trust spend on agency locum doctors via framework agencies, broken down into grade and specialty?
3. What is your yearly trust spend on agency locum doctors via OFF-framework agencies, broken down into grade and specialty?
4. What is your average total charge rate for a locum consultant doctor?
5. Who is the highest paid locum Consultant, what is the hourly rate and in what specialty do they practice?
6. Please can you outline your spend per agency, broken down by grade and specialty of doctor over the past 12 months?

I hope to hear from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Steve Mountain

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Dear Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,

I am yet to receive a response to my questions within the time frame set out by the FOI act, please advise?

Yours faithfully,

Steve Mountain

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Dear Mr Mountain

I am writing in respect of your enquiry for information held by Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We have now processed your request, please find below our initial response which now includes the remaining information for question 2. Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding and for any inconvenience this has caused.

If you have any further queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Nicola Frost
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Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Prittlewell Chase I Westcliff-on-Sea I Essex I SS0 0RY
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Dear Mr Mountain

I am writing in respect of your enquiry for information held by Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We have now processed your request, please find below our initial response which now includes the remaining information for question 4 and 5. Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding and for any inconvenience this has caused.

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Kind regards

Nicola Frost
Document Control & FOI Co-ordinator
Governance Unit I 1st Floor I Education Centre

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Prittlewell Chase I Westcliff-on-Sea I Essex I SS0 0RY
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