FOI REQUEST Agency Nursing

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Dear The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust,

Can you please provide me with the name, contact number & email address of the person responsible for agreeing temporary nursing agency contracts for your Trust?

Please list all temporary nursing agencies used between November 2020 - present. (including off-framework suppliers)

Along with the above information can you please provide details on how often this is reviewed and the trusts current/future plans for recruitment agencies?

Finally if you can also provide details of the names of the decision makers who ultimately decide which agencies the Trust use?

Yours faithfully,

Joseph Lucas

FOI (THE SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Lucas,

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

The Trust acknowledges your request and it is being processed as a new
request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you if necessary and you
will be required to pay before I will proceed to deal with your
request.                                                                            

                                                                  

Please find attached a briefing which explains:

 

o your rights to request a review by the Trust or to complain to the
Information Commissioner’s Office if you are not satisfied with the
response from the Trust,
o an outline of the Trust’s policy on the Reuse of Public Sector
Information

 

If you have any queries regarding this email, please contact me and quote
the reference number above in any future correspondence.

 

Please note that there may be an unavoidable delay in response to your
request for information due to urgent operational pressures Trust staff
are undergoing while responding to Public Health priorities. We apologise
for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding
to your request and will respond as soon as we are able. Should our
response to your request breach the statutory timeframe and you remain
unhappy with our response you have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office and you can contact them at:

 

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Website: [1]www.ico.gov.uk

 

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Please find the link to the ICO’s COVID-19 response

 

[2]https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-an...

 

Kind regards,

 

Sophie

 

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Freedom of Information
Officer

 

The Shrewsbury and
Telford Hospital NHS
Trust | Royal
Shrewsbury Hospital |
Mytton Oak Road |
Shrewsbury | Shropshire
| SY3 8XQ

 

Telephone 01743 261087

Email
[4][email address]
 

FOI email
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FOI (THE SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Lucas,

 

Thank you for your FOI request sent on 26^th April 2021. You asked:

 

 

Can you please provide me with the name, contact number & email address of
the person responsible for agreeing temporary nursing agency contracts for
your Trust?

 

Please list all temporary nursing agencies used between November 2020 -
present. (including off-framework suppliers)

 

Along with the above information can you please provide details on how
often this is reviewed and the trusts current/future plans for recruitment
agencies?

 

Finally if you can also provide details of the names of the decision
makers who ultimately decide which agencies the Trust use?

 

 

Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I can
confirm that The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital (SaTH) NHS Trust holds
information that falls within the definition in your request which is set
out below:

 

Can you please provide me with the name, contact number & email address of
the person responsible for agreeing temporary nursing agency contracts for
your Trust?

 

The Procurement Team will work alongside the Director of Nursing to make
decisions regarding Agency Staffing contracts. Under Section 21 of the
Act, information related to these staff members is reasonably available to
you by other means as it is published via our Publication Scheme.
Specifically, our Who’s Who On A Page provides the Trust’s high level
organisational structure including names of senior individuals and is
available from,
 [1]https://issuu.com/sath.nhs/docs/whos_who...
We do not give out staff email addresses but you can contact the Trust
via, [2]https://www.sath.nhs.uk/about-us/contact...

 

 

Please list all temporary nursing agencies used between November 2020 -
present. (including off-framework suppliers)

 

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Altrix
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Aspect
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Care4healthLtd
CareJoyHealthcare
CavityDental
CYResourcing
DayWebster
DirectHealthcare
DRC
EdenBrownSynergy
ElectRecruitment
EmergencyPersonnel
Enferm
Evergoods
FastResponse
FirstpointHealthcare
FirstpointHealthcare
Focusmed24
GlobeLocums
GlobeLocums
Greenstaff
HCL
HCRLtd
Hunter
Icare24
IMCLocums
KaediRecruitmentAgencyLTD
KerryCollins
LHLocums
LiquidPersonnel
Maxxima
MBANDS
McMillanHealthcareLimited
Medacs
Medacs
Medbank
MedicsPro
Medicure
Medicure
Mediplacements
MedPure
Medsol
MelberFlinn
MPP
MSI
MSLHealthcare
NationalLocums
NextStepNursing
NOAHealthcare
NRS
PEGlobal
Pertemps
PiersMeadows
PlanB
ProHealth
PulseHealthcare
RIGHealthcare
RMRrecruitment
SanctuaryHealth
SanctuaryPersonnel
SevernAngelsHealthcareLtd
SironaMedical
StaffingProfessionals
TeamSupportHealthcare
TFShealthcare
TheFinegreenGroup
Thornbury
TLTP
Travail
TripodPartners
UrgentStaffing
VennGroup
VIPNursing
Vitality24
WNAHealthcare
YourWorld

 

 

Along with the above information can you please provide details on how
often this is reviewed and the trusts current/future plans for recruitment
agencies?

 

The commencement date of the Contract is 12 March 2021. The Term of this
Contract shall be 2 years from the commencement date and may be extended
in accordance with Clause 15.2 of Schedule 2 of the Call-Off Terms and
Conditions provided that the duration of this Contract shall be no longer
than the expiry of the Framework Agreement, subject to the Participating
Authority signing a superseding Call-Off Contract. The period of the
Framework is 25^th January 2021 to 24^th January 2025.

 

Finally if you can also provide details of the names of the decision
makers who ultimately decide which agencies the Trust use?

 

The Trust’s Workforce, Shropshire Healthcare Procurement Service and
Finance departments will coordinate with HEALTHTRUST EUROPE LLP TWSII
category management team to approach a strategic engagement to enable best
value for the Trust for supply of resources, and review performance of any
supply in line with Framework compliance requirements and any agreed
performance Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).

 

 

Please also find attached a briefing which explains your rights to request
a review by the Trust or to complain to the Information Commissioner’s
Office if you are not satisfied with the response from the Trust, and an
outline of the Trust’s policy on the Reuse of Public Sector Information.

 

If you have any queries regarding this email, please contact the Freedom
of Information Officer via [3][The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust request email] and quote the reference
number above in any future correspondence.

 

Kind regards,

 

Sophie

 

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Freedom of Information
Officer

 

The Shrewsbury and
Telford Hospital NHS
Trust | Royal
Shrewsbury Hospital |
Mytton Oak Road |
Shrewsbury | Shropshire
| SY3 8XQ

 

Telephone 01743 261087

Email
[5][email address]
 

FOI email
[6][The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust request email] 

 

 

 

 

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From: FOI (THE SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST)
Sent: 26 April 2021 16:35
To: Joseph <[8][FOI #750525 email]>
Subject: 21-0436 FOI Request: Agency Nursing

 

Dear Mr Lucas,

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

The Trust acknowledges your request and it is being processed as a new
request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you if necessary and you
will be required to pay before I will proceed to deal with your
request.                                                                            

                                                                  

Please find attached a briefing which explains:

 

o your rights to request a review by the Trust or to complain to the
Information Commissioner’s Office if you are not satisfied with the
response from the Trust,
o an outline of the Trust’s policy on the Reuse of Public Sector
Information

 

If you have any queries regarding this email, please contact me and quote
the reference number above in any future correspondence.

 

Please note that there may be an unavoidable delay in response to your
request for information due to urgent operational pressures Trust staff
are undergoing while responding to Public Health priorities. We apologise
for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding
to your request and will respond as soon as we are able. Should our
response to your request breach the statutory timeframe and you remain
unhappy with our response you have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office and you can contact them at:

 

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Website: [9]www.ico.gov.uk

 

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Please find the link to the ICO’s COVID-19 response

 

[10]https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-an...

 

Kind regards,

 

Sophie

 

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Description: cid:image001.png@01CF9543.36AA4670

Sophie Cole [14]cid:image002.jpg@01D6A168.61195850

Freedom of Information
Officer

 

The Shrewsbury and
Telford Hospital NHS
Trust | Royal Shrewsbury
Hospital | Mytton Oak
Road | Shrewsbury |
Shropshire | SY3 8XQ

 

Telephone 01743 261087

Email
[12][email address]
 

FOI email
[13][The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust request email] 

 

 

 

 

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