Medical Locum Supply
Dear Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
I hope you are well.
Can you confirm how much of your locum doctor spend has been outside of your master vend with Medacs Global Group between April 2019 and April 2020, both as a percentage of fill and also pounds & pence?
Yours faithfully,
David Hill
Our ref: 03804
Dear Mr Hill,
Thank you for your information request which will be processed under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI).
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Yours sincerely,
Stephen Connor
Freedom of Information Manager
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Whinney Heys Road | Blackpool | Lancashire | FY3 8NR
Dear Mr Hill,
Please accept My apologies if there has been any delay in our replying under this very difficult time and find attached our response to your recent FOI request.
Kind regards
Steve
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Whinney Heys Road | Blackpool | Lancashire | FY3 8NR
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