Doctor bank management

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Dear Sirs

Please could you provide the following information under the FOI act:

1)How much did the Trust spend during the last financial year on internal doctor bank staff?
2)Does the Trust use an external agency to help management these bank staff? If so, which company provides this service?
3)Does the Trust use a software application to management the doctor bank staff? If so, what system is being used?
4)If the Trust is using a licensed software application to management doctor bank staff, what is the cost?

Yours sincerely

G Johnstone

Information-Freedom (2GETHER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), 2Gether NHS Foundation Trust

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Information-Freedom (2GETHER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), 2Gether NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr Johnstone,

I have today tried several times to send you a response to your FOI request. Unfortunately, each time the message has been rejected by the server at the What Do They Know site. You may wish to alert What Do They Know about this issue.

In the meantime, I can confirm that this Trust does not operate a staff bank for doctors and thus does not employ any external agency or software application to manage that staff bank. The Trust does not, therefore, hold the information you have requested.

Yours sincerely

John McIlveen
Trust Secretary
2gether NHS Foundation Trust
01452 894166

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