Worker Accommodation Costs

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Dear Medway NHS Foundation 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

FREEDOMOFINFORMATION (MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Medway NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Sarah Williams

 

Freedom of Information Request: reference 6877

 

Thank you for your email requesting information regarding Medway NHS
Foundation Trust. Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be responded to within the
statutory 20 working day deadline.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Freedom of Information Team

[1][email address]

 

Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Windmill Road
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 5NY

Website: [2]www.medway.nhs.uk 

 

 

 

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FREEDOMOFINFORMATION (MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Medway NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Ms Williams

 

Freedom of Information Request: reference 6877

 

Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

 

The information you have requested is as follows:

 

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

 

2.      Does the Trust provide onsite accommodation for temporary staff
who require overnight accommodation to execute their duties?  The Trust do
accept temporary staff requiring onsite  accommodation, however we do
request advance payment.

 

3.      Where Trust accommodation is not available where does the Trust
advise staff to book outsourced accommodation? The Trust’s accommodation
department direct staff to outside agents if we are unable to accommodate.

 

4.      Does the Trust hold any existing relationships with accommodation
providers and if so, please name those providers that you use? Not at this
time.

 

5.      How much does outsourced accommodation cost either the Trust or
the staff member using it? It doesn’t cost the Medway NHS Foundation
Trust, it would cost the staff member the going rate of open market
accommodation.

 

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)? Medway NHS Foundation Trust regrets we are unable
to answer this question as the breakdown requested is not easily
retrievable from the data held, however we can confirm we have 172 units
onsite which are occupied 95% of the time all year round.  

 

 

I hope that this gives you the answer you need, but if you are
dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask
for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted
within two months of the date of receipt of this email and should be
addressed to:

 

Head of Corporate Governance & Legal, Trust Data Protection Officer.

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Windmill Road

Gillingham

Kent

ME7 5NY

 

Please remember to quote the reference number in any future
communications.

 

In line with our obligations under the Freedom of Information Act the
Trust publishes responses to Freedom of Information Act Requests on the
Trust’s Disclosure Log which can be accessed via our website at:
[1]https://www.medway.nhs.uk/patients-and-p...

 

Yours sincerely

 

Freedom of Information Team

[2][email address]

 

 

Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Windmill Road
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 5NY

Website: [3]www.medway.nhs.uk 

 

 

 

 

 

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