Agency Spend FY 2018/2019

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust,

Please provide the total agency spend of your Trust, for the last financial year, and the total hours supplied by temporary agency staff to your Trust, for the following staffing categories:

Staffing Provision Total Hours FY (2018/19) Total Yearly Spend (2018/19)
General Nursing
Theatres (Nursing)
Healthcare Assistants
RMNs (where Applicable)
Doctors (All Specialisms)
AHP/HSS
Non-Medical Non-Clinical
Emergency Nurse Practitioner/
Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Please can you ensure that responses are replied to in line with the governance of freedom of information requests.

Yours faithfully,

Giselle Knight

Freedomofinformation (DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST), Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

Hi Giselle,

 

FOI request duly noted – I will ensure you receive a response within the
statutory 20 working day deadline.

 

It would truly help our statistics for internal reporting if you could
confirm if you are a freelance journalist or from a commercial company?

                              

Please note that in order to gather together the information requested; it
is necessary to share your details within the Trust as your request will
be forwarded onto the relevant departments involved.

 

As part of our responsibilities under the Freedom of Information Act, it
will also be necessary to include your request within our disclosure log
published via the Trust’s website.

 

Regards,

FOI Act Lead
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

 

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Freedomofinformation (DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST), Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

Dear Giselle,

 

Freedom of Information

With reference to your request detailed below, please see the Trust’s
response below in bold text.

 

With regards to the Doctors (All Specialisms) shifts, the information you
have requested is not recorded in a way that is easily extracted.

 

To be able to respond to your enquiry each rota manager would have to
collate the data from each of their departments.

 

To do this we believe it would take more than the time limit set out under
the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and
Fees) Regulations 2004 to complete the work. The limit set down by the
regulations for public authorities is £450, which amounts to a maximum of
18 hours of search and retrieval time charged at £25.00 per hour, the
hourly rate also specified in the regulations.

Under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the Trust is
therefore not required to complete this additional work.

 

If you would prefer the initial enquiry to continue, please let me know
and I will issue a fee’s notice for the total hours required to complete
the work.

 

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to:-

 

Complaints / Claims Manager

Admin, Level 3

Darent Valley Hospital

Darenth Wood Road

Dartford

Kent

DA2 8DA

 

Email: [1][email address]

 

If, after we have addressed your complaint, you remain dissatisfied with
how the Trust has responded, you are entitled to appeal to the Information
Commissioner (Tel: 01625 545 745).

Further details can be found at [2]www.ico.gov.uk

Kind regards,

 

Kind regards,

 

FOI Act Lead
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

 

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