Temporary Staff Management

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Dear King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Please could you answer the attached questions relating to temporary staff management within your organisation.

Sourced Staffing Arrangements
1a. Do you have a master vendor (MV) or neutral vendor (NV) arrangement in place for sourcing agency staff? If so, please state which arrangement is in place
1b. What is the name of the MV/NV provider(s) and what staffing groups do they source? e.g. medical, nursing etc.
1c. As part of the arrangement, is any technology provided by the supplier to help manage the procurement of agency staff?
1d. Please provide the contract start and end date for the supplier (dd/mm/yy)

Direct Engagement
2a. Does the organisation use a third party to provide a Direct Engagement/Outsourced Employment Solution? (This is where the NHS organisation sources agency staff via a recruitment agency but hold a direct contract between the organisation and the worker - there is often VAT savings associated to this employment model)
2b. What is the name of the Direct Engagement (DE)/Outsourced Employment supplier (e.g 247Time/Allocate, PlusUs, Retinue, Liaison etc.)
2c. Under the DE/Outsourced Employment arrangement, which staffing groups are managed? For example; Medical, Admin, Scientific staff. Please list all applicable
2d. Please provide the contract start and end date for the DE supplier (dd/mm/yy)
2f. How much did the organisation pay the supplier in 20/21 (April 2020 to March 2021) for the provision of the direct engagement service?

Vendor Management System for Nurse Agency
3a. Does the organisation use a third-party Vendor Management System for the supply of nurse agency staff?
3b. Who supplies your Vendor Management System? E.g. Allocate, NHSP etc.
3c. Please provide the contract start and end date for this provider (dd/mm/yy)

Bank Management
4a. Please name the technology provider used to manage the supply of your bank staff, inclusive of any outsourced or managed arrangements (i.e. NHSP, Bank Partners, Allocate, Liaison, Patchwork, Locum’s Nest etc). If more than one supplier is used, please name all suppliers
4b. Please name the staffing group each provider is used for e.g. medical, nursing, AHPs, admin and clerical
4c. Please provide the contract start and end date for each bank supplier (dd/mm/yy)
4d. How much did the organisation pay the supplier(s) in 20/21 for the provision of the bank service?

Yours faithfully,
Abbey Simpson

FOI (KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Ms Simpson,  

  

I am writing to confirm receipt of your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act), dated 4^th July 2021.

 

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Freedom of Information Officer

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS

020 3299 9000

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FOI (KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Ms Simpson,

 

Further to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the
Act) received Tuesday 6 July 2021, I am writing to confirm the
information that the Trust does and does not hold. 

 

The text of your request is repeated below the signature lines of this
email.

 

This information is exempted under Section 21 of the Act, which exempts
information accessible to the applicant by other means. Some of this
information is already publicly available on our website. Please see the
link  [1]https://www.kch.nhs.uk/about/corporate/f... (please scan
down page for HR FAQ’s).

 

In addition, some of the information requested will be made available in
the near future. This information is also exempted under Section 22 of the
Act, which exempts information intended for future publication (whether a
date has been determined or not).

 

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Kind regards,

 

Freedom of Information Officer

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS

020 3299 9000

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Dear FOI (KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST),

Many thanks for directing me to existing information however there are still some questions left unanswered, please could you provide a respone to questions 1, 2 and 3 then for question 4 I would just like to know which staffing groups of bank staff Allocate and Bank Partners are use for?

Yours sincerely,
Abbey Simpson

FOI (KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Ms Simpson

 

Further to your follow- up query below, please be referred to the
following paragraph within our response:

 

“In addition, some of the information requested will be made available in
the near future. This information is exempted under Section 22 of the Act,
which exempts information intended for future publication (whether a date
has been determined or not)”. We are due to update all HR FAQ’s and hope
to have the data you have requested published soon.

 

However, I can inform you that King's Bank Partners covers bank and agency
bookings across all staff groups. Allocate 24/7 Time is medical staff
only.

 

Kind regards,

 

Freedom of Information Officer

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS

020 3299 9000

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King’s College Hospital is part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health
Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King’s College
London, Guy’s and St Thomas’, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation
Trusts. For more information, visit [2]www.kingshealthpartners.org

 

Living King's Values: Understanding You, Inspiring Confidence in our Care,
Working Together, Always Aiming Higher, Making a Difference in our
Community

 

P please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.

 

 

 

 

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