Request for Information

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Dear York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,

1) In the last 90 days how many times has your Trust requested shifts from Thornbury Nursing Services for agency nurses?

2) In the last 90 days how many times has your Trust requested shifts from Greenstaff Medical for agency nurses?

3) Which specific wards or units in your Trust have required agency nursing shifts from Thornbury and Greenstaff in the last 90 days, and how many shifts were required for each?

4) Which other off Framework suppliers have supplied your Trust with agency nurses in the last 90 days?

5) How many off Framework shifts have been requested in total in the last 90 days by your Trust, and how many of these were filled?

Yours faithfully,

Frank Lloyd

Freedom of Information Requests,

Dear Mr Lloyd,
 
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has received your request.
 
We have allocated the reference 264-19 and will contact you in due course.
The Freedom of Information Act allows a period of 20 working days for
response.  The due date for our response to you is 7^th November.
Yours sincerely
 
 
Information Governance Team
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Freedom of Information Requests,

Dear Mr Lloyd,

We write further to your email of 10^th October made under the terms of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's response against each
element of your request is shown below.

1) In the last 90 days how many times has your Trust requested shifts from
Thornbury Nursing Services for agency nurses?  We do not record the number
of times we approach a specific agency to cover shifts.

 

2) In the last 90 days how many times has your Trust requested shifts from
Greenstaff Medical for agency nurses?  We do not record the number of
times we approach a specific agency to cover shifts.

 

3) Which specific wards or units in your Trust have required agency
nursing shifts from Thornbury and Greenstaff in the last 90 days, and how
many shifts were required for each?  Table below shows how many shifts
were filled by Thornbury and Greenstaff by ward.

 

Ward Number of
Shifts Filled
A&E – Scarborough 168
AMU (Cherry) – Scarborough 82
Ann Wright Ward – Scarborough 7
Aspen – Scarborough 11
Beech Ward – Scarborough 64
CCU – Scarborough 67
Chestnut – Scarborough 32
Dales Unit – Scarborough 16
ESA (Ash Ward) – Scarborough 29
Graham Escalation Ward - 16
Scarborough
Holly Ward – Scarborough 17
ICU – Scarborough 133
Johnson Ward - Bridlington 1
Lilac Ward - Scarborough 25
Maple Ward - Scarborough 55
Oak Ward - Scarborough 19
Stroke Unit - Scarborough 31

 

4) Which other off Framework suppliers have supplied your Trust with
agency nurses in the last 90 days?  Altrix

 

5) How many off Framework shifts have been requested in total in the last
90 days by your Trust, and how many of these were filled?  We do not
record how many “off framework” shifts have been requested, however 969
“off framework” shifts have been filled.

We hope that this meets the terms of your request and that the information
supplied will be of use to you.

Yours sincerely,

Andy Thompson

Information Governance Team

 

From: Frank Lloyd [mailto:[FOI #610773 email]]
Sent: 10 October 2019 16:00
To: Freedom of Information Requests
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Request for Information

 

Dear York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,

 

1) In the last 90 days how many times has your Trust requested shifts from
Thornbury Nursing Services for agency nurses?

 

2) In the last 90 days how many times has your Trust requested shifts from
Greenstaff Medical for agency nurses?

 

3) Which specific wards or units in your Trust  have required agency
nursing shifts from Thornbury and Greenstaff in the last 90 days, and how
many shifts were required for each?

 

4) Which other off Framework suppliers have supplied your Trust with
agency nurses in the last 90 days?

 

5) How many off Framework shifts have been requested in total in the last
90 days by your Trust, and how many of these were filled?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Frank Lloyd

 

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