Agency usage HCAs and RNs

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Dear University Hos​pitals of North Midlands NHS Trust,

Under the freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information if they are available:
• Could you supply me with a list of the agencies you currently use for any Healthcare Assistants and Nurses and for each one let me know if they have any of the following agreements with you:
• Master Vendor Solution
• Neutral Vendor Solution
• Tier 1 supplier
• Tier 2 supplier
• S.L.A. (Service Level Agreements)
• What current framework agreement is the trust signed up to (H.T.E, LPP or CCS)?
• The Contact First name and Surname & Telephone Number of the person in charge of your procurement department for accepting agencies on to your supply list.
• The contact Email of the person in charge of your procurement department for accepting agencies on to your supply list.
• The name of the temporary staffing manager that manages your agency use and his or email contact information.

Yours faithfully,

Tom Gregory

FOI, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Dear Mr Gregory

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email dated 16^th January 2018
requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000)
regarding Agency usage HCAs and RNs.

 

Your reference number is 023-18 please quote this number on any
correspondence.

 

The FOI Act sets out a twenty working day timescale for requests to be
completed by. We will always try to complete your request within this
timeframe. We will let you know whether the Trust holds the information
you have requested, and we will contact you as soon as possible if we are
delayed in our response for some reason. If we require further information
from you or we need you to further explain your request before we can
continue to process it we will also contact you. 

 

Yours,

 

Information Governance Team

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Mr Gregory,

 

Please find the response to your FOI request attached

 

Many thanks,

 

IG Team

University Hospitals of North Midlands

NHS Trust

 

 

 

 

 

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