Arrangements for Trust Bank and Agency Locums

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Dear North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust,

Do you have an agency service level agreement in place for Medical locums?

Which framework do you currently source staff under?

Which of the below arrangements do you currently have in place?
• Master Vendor
• Preferred supplier list
• No arrangement

What was your spend on medical locums for the last 3 financial years?

Do you have a bank for medical locums?

What value goes through your internal bank currently ?

Do you manage this on a system? If yes how much do you pay for this per annum or if per transaction please confirm?

Do you have any company that runs this for you? If yes how much do you pay for this per annum or if per transaction please confirm?

Yours faithfully,

Sarah James

Heron Rhia (RNL) North Cumbria University Hospitals, North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Rhia

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Thank you for your request for information, which is being processed under
the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  The time period for
processing your request is 20 working days from the date of receipt of
your email, which means you should receive a response from the Trust
09/05/2019.

 

In all correspondence relating to this request, please quote the reference
FoI / 1920 / 014

 

Thank you

 

Freedom of Information Team
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust
Cumberland Infirmary

Carlisle
Cumbria
CA2 7HY
Email: [1][email address]

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Please find attached the Trust’s response to your request for
information. 

 

We are trying to improve our service and would really appreciate your
feedback on how the Trust has done in handling your request.  I would be
grateful if you could take a few moments of your time to complete the
short survey on the link below:

 

(2018/19 survey link):  [1]https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3TLFXGD

 

Thank you

 

Freedom of Information Team
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust
Cumberland Infirmary

Carlisle
Cumbria
CA2 7HY
Email: [2][email address]

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Dear FOI.requests (RNL) North Cumbria University Hospitals,
Thank you for the information.

In relation to the LET Bank please culd you confirm if the £45,000 you mentioned is just spend for your Trust or the collaboration has a whole.

Yours sincerely,

Sarah James