22nd August 2012
Cliftonville
Northampton
NN1 5BD
Brinder
Direct Dial: 01604 545885
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: 01604 545890
Switchboard:01604 634700
E-mail- xxx@xxx.xxx.xx
Dear Brinder,
Request under Freedom of Information Act 2000
Request Ref: NGFOI 12/13: 112
Response Letter
Thank you for your request for information received at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
(NGH).
You were requesting information regarding the supply of medical agency staff.
I am pleased that we are now able to provide you with a response to your request as shown below.
Response from Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust (NGH):
Request:
I am making a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and ask that you provide me
with further information on the supply of medical agency staff to your trust/authority from 2009 to
2012 to include the following information:
1 Cost to the trust/authority
2 Grade
3 Supplier/Agency
4 Speciality
Response:
Please see the attached spreadsheet containing the cost per agency for the past 3 years. Please
note that where the agency is a single individual (for example a sole trader) the name has been
exempt under section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act – Personal Information.
Exemption Description
Reason/Explanation
Applicants cannot access personal information under the
Section 40 (1) – Personal Information Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Personal information
is Exempt from disclosure under Part II (Section 40 -
Personal Information) of the Act.
Access to personal information is governed by different
legislation, the Data Protection Act 1998.
Please also note that the Trust does not code invoices by grade or specific speciality therefore this
information is not held.
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is fully compliant with the Freedom of Information Act 2000
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We hope that you will find the information provided both informative and helpful. We also hope that
you will be satisfied with the manner in which we have dealt with your Freedom of Information
request. If not, please do let me know or you may ask for an independent internal review under the
Freedom of Information complaints procedure at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. Internal
review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of this response.
Please see the attached leaflet.
If you remain dissatisfied after the internal review, you may make an approach to the Information
Commissioner as outlined in the attached leaflet.
This completes the Trust response to your request, but please note:
The information provided is the property of Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
and subject to Copyright Protection, Intellectual Property and Database Rights. You are
free to use the information supplied for your own use, including non-commercial
research purposes. However, any other type of re-use including for example publishing
the information or issuing copies to the public or any commercial application or use of
this information may be subject to the provisions of the Re-use of Public Sector
Information Regulations 2005. This means that if you wish to re-use the information
provided for commercial purposes for any reason you must ask us for permission to do
so. Should we agree that you can use the information it will be subject to the issue of a
licence, which may or may not involve a fee.
If you have any questions about this process please contact:
Gwenneth McConnell
Freedom of Information Manager
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Cliftonville, Northampton
NN1 5BD
Tel.(direct dial): 01604 544755
E-mail – xxx@xxx.xxx.xx
If there is anything you need clarification on, please do not hesitate to contact me on the above
address or if by e-mail to xxx@xxx.xxx.xx quoting the reference NGFOI 12/13:112 in any future
communications.
Yours sincerely,
Ian Garratt
Ian Garratt
Data Protection and Confidentiality Manager
Information Governance
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Enc. 3 year agency finance (excel spreadsheet)
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is fully compliant with the Freedom of Information Act 2000
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