15/16 Bank Use

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Dear Barnsley Hospital 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 2, 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

barnsley@infreemation.co.uk, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr. Howard,

 

I can confirm that the Trust does hold some of the information you have
requested.

Thank you for your request for information, details of which are below:

Freedom of Information Request

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 - The Trust does not have an AHP/HSS bank
d.Other inc A&C - The Trust doees not have an A&C bank

Doctors

1)Do you have an internal or external bank? (external i.e. NHS
Professionals) - Internal
2)Do you run a weekly payroll for the bank? - No
3)If a weekly payroll is used, how much does this cost to administer? -
N/A
4)Bank spend for 15/16, if an external bank is used, the external costs
for that staff groups? N/A
5)Do the answers to question 2, include employer costs i.e. employers NI,
employers pension? N/A
6)What are the total amount of hours paid to bank workers in 15/16? Not
recorded in a reportable format.
7)How many bank workers worked during 15/16? Not recorded in a reportable
format.
8)How many of the bank workers also held a substance contract in 15/16?
Not recorded in a reportable format.
9)What software and who is the provider do you use to manage your bank
workers? LMS supplied by Holt Doctors
10)How much did you pay in 15/16 to the software provider to manage your
bank workers? Free with Master Vend
11)What is the contractual end date of the bank software provider?
30.06.2017

 

For Bank Nursing:

1)Do you have an internal or external bank? (external i.e. NHS
Professionals) Internal bank
2)Do you run a weekly payroll for the bank? No
3)If a weekly payroll is used, how much does this cost to administer? N/A
4)Bank spend for 15/16, if an external bank is used, the external costs
for that staff groups? N/A
5)Do the answers to question 2, include employer costs i.e. employers NI,
employers pension? N/A
6)What are the total amount of hours paid to bank workers in 15/16?
142,671
7)How many bank workers worked during 15/16? - 603
8)How many of the bank workers also held a substance contract in 15/16? -
386
9)What software and who is the provider do you use to manage your bank
workers? - Healthroster BankStaff supplied by Allocate Software
10)How much did you pay in 15/16 to the software provider to manage your
bank workers? - £4,670
11)What is the contractual end date of the bank software provider? -
30/09/2017

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