Worker Accommodation Costs

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Dear Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust,

Please can I ask that you respond to the following in line with the FOI timeframe. I look forward to hearing from you.

1. Does the Trust provide onsite accommodation for substantive staff?

2. Does the Trust provide onsite accommodation for temporary staff who require overnight accommodation to execute their duties?

3. Where Trust accommodation is not available where does the Trust advise staff to book outsourced accommodation?

4. Does the Trust hold any existing relationships with accommodation providers and if so, please name those providers that you use?

5. How much does outsourced accommodation cost either the Trust or the staff member using it?

6. On average how many workers per week use overnight accommodation and what is the average length of booking (please answer using data from financial year 2019/20)?

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Williams

FOI (WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Dear Sarah

Request for Information: Freedom of Information Act

I acknowledge receipt of your request for information which I received on Friday 6th August 2021

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (General Rights of Access) that came into force on 1 January 2005, we have a duty to:
• Acknowledge receipt of your request within 2 working days
• Respond to your request within 20 working days

We will respond to your request as soon as possible but no later than 20 working days from our receipt of your request. If we have problems in locating the information or require clarification, I will contact you as soon as is practicable.

Yours sincerely
Tricia Horton
FOI & IG Officer
Digital Division - Informatics
Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust
2nd Floor – 3 Kings Court Business Park | Charles Hastings Way | WR5 1JR
Internal: 38509
Email: [email address]

www.worcsacute.nhs.uk

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FOI (WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dear Sarah

Freedom of Information

I refer to your email of 5th August 2021 requesting information in respect Worker Accommodation Costs

I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do hold some information that would be useful in terms of your request.

I have listed your questions together with our response. See Attached

This letter confirms the completion of this request. A log of this request will be held on a database held by the Trust.

I trust you are satisfied with our response to your request. Please contact me directly should you require any clarification of our response. Should you not be satisfied with this response and wish to ask us to review our decisions please write within 3 months of this response, in the first instance to:
Chief Executive
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
WR5 1DD

If after this process you are still not satisfied with the response you receive from the Trust you can complain to the Information Commissioner at the following address:
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545 745 Fax: 01625 524 510 Email: [email address]
Web Site: http//www.ico.gov.uk

Please note that we publish selected FOI requests and responses on our website www.worcsacute.nhs.uk and this response might be published at a later date.

Yours sincerely
Tricia Horton
FOI & IG Officer
Digital Division - Informatics
Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust
2nd Floor – 3 Kings Court Business Park | Charles Hastings Way | WR5 1JR
Internal: 38509
Email: [email address]

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