Direct Engagement
Dear Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information regarding Staffing:
1. What framework agreement/s do you use for the supply of Allied Health Professionals (AHP) and Medical Locums? E.g. HTE , CCS
2. Does your organisation use a Direct Engagement scheme?
3. If so, who provides it?
4. When did you start using Direct Engagement?
5. What has been your total agency staffing spend since you started using the scheme? If this cannot be easily calculated, what has been the total agency staffing spend in the last financial year?
6. How much has been paid to the third party direct engagement facilitator so far?
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined, please provide further advice and assistance to indicate this.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will be happy to clarify what I am asking for.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Best wishes,
Benjamin Fallon
Dear Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
I am just emailing to remind you that it have been more than 20 working days since I made my freedom of information request.
Please let me know if you require any clarification in regards to my query.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fallon
Dear Mr Fallon
Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to your request.
This has been followed up with the relevant departments as a matter of
priority, and the information will be sent to you as soon as it has been
approved for disclosure.
Yours faithfully
Freedom of Information
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Please accept our apologies for the delay in returning to you. Unfortunately, we have been unable to respond to all of the questions due to staff absence, but have requested the outstanding information as a matter of priority.
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