15/16 Bank Use
Dear Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I am conducting research on the NHS bank usage. Please could you provide separately for each of the 4 staff groups below;
a. Doctors
b. Nurses
c. AHP/HSS
d. Other inc A&C
1) Do you have an internal or external bank? (external i.e. NHS Professionals)
2) Do you run a weekly payroll for the bank?
3) If a weekly payroll is used, how much does this cost to administer?
4) Bank spend for 15/16, if an external bank is used, the external costs for that staff groups?
5) Do the answers to question 5, include employer costs i.e. employers NI, employers pension?
6) What are the total amount of hours paid to bank workers in 15/16?
7) How many bank workers worked during 15/16?
8) How many of the bank workers also held a substance contract in 15/16?
9) What software and who is the provider do you use to manage your bank workers?
10) How much did you pay in 15/16 to the software provider to manage your bank workers?
11) What is the contractual end date of the bank software provider?
Yours faithfully,
Mr S Howard
Dear Mr Howard
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Sue Stone
Information Governance Specialist & RA Agent
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Hi Mr Howard
The Trust response to your recent FOI request is as follows:
1) Do you have an internal or external bank? (external i.e. NHS Professionals)
(A,B,C,D) Internal Bank
2) Do you run a weekly payroll for the bank?
(A, D) no (B, C) Yes
3) If a weekly payroll is used, how much does this cost to administer?
The LCFT SLA for all payroll services cannot be broken down specifically for Bank
4) Bank spend for 15/16, if an external bank is used, the external costs for that staff groups?
£13,338,331 15/16 Bank Spend
5) Do the answers to question 5, include employer costs i.e. employers NI, employers pension?
Yes Q4 includes employer costs
6) What are the total amount of hours paid to bank workers in 15/16?
(A) 352 (B and C) 142,354 (D) Not available as A&C were on paper based records during this period
7) How many bank workers worked during 15/16?
(A) 4 (B and C) 2144 (D) 922
8) How many of the bank workers also held a substance contract in 15/16?
(A) 1 (B and C) 1350 (D) 401
9) What software and who is the provider do you use to manage your bank workers?
(A) Manual (B,C,D) Allocate
10) How much did you pay in 15/16 to the software provider to manage your bank workers?
£3,575
11) What is the contractual end date of the bank software provider?
Not applicable, software has been acquired with perpetual/never-ending licences.
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