Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref No: 23-243

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Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Assistant

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Kendrick Wing, Warrington Hospital, WA5 1QG

Email: [email address]

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Dear Sir/Madam

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref No: 23-243

 

Response to request dated 03/05/2023 made under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000

 

Questions and Response:

 

1)      What is the total Framework Agency spend for Nurses from 1st April
2022 to 31st March 2023? Please provide a breakdown of spend, per
specialty*, and by each recruitment agency (by company name).

2)      What is the total Non-Framework Agency spend for Nurses from 1st
April 2022 to 31st March 2023? Please provide a breakdown of spend, per
specialty*, and by each recruitment agency (by company name).

3)      What is the total Framework Agency spend for HCA’s from 1st April
2022 to 31st March 2023? Please provide a breakdown of spend, per
specialty*, and by each recruitment agency (by company name).

4)      What is the total Non-Framework Agency spend for HCA’s from 1st
April 2022 to 31st March 2023? Please provide a breakdown of spend, per
specialty*, and by each recruitment agency (by company name).

5)      How many requirements (hours) were released to both Framework and
Non-Framework Agencies for the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023?
Please provide a breakdown per calendar month and by speciality*.

6)      What was the total hours filled by Framework and Non-Framework
Agencies for the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023. Please break
this down per agency (company name), per calendar month and by
speciality*.

7)      What was the total spend on Nurses and HCA’s on the Trusts' Bank,
and the total spend on Framework Agency Nurses and HCA’s? Please provide a
clear breakdown of total spend per fiscal year, per specialism*, per
agency (by company name) for 2020, 2021 and 2022.

*For all above queries please include information for all
specialisms/departments including:

•       ITU/HDU

•       Midwifery

•       Paediatrics

•       Neonates

•       General Nursing

•       Mental Health

•       A&E

•       Primary Care – ANP/ENP

•       Community

•       Theatres/ODP’s

 

Please see attached spreadsheet.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way your request for information has been
handled you can contact the Director of Communications and Engagement to
request a review by writing to:

Communications Team, Kendrick Wing, Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane,
Warrington, WA5 1QG or email to [1][email address]

 

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of this internal review you can
submit a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office. You can do
this by writing to:

FOI / EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Alternatively
you can complete an electronic complaints form and submit it to the
Information Commissioner’s Office via email. I have included a link below
for your convenience which explains how to complain to the Information
Commissioner’s Office.

[2]https://ico.org.uk/

 

Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005

 

The supply of information under the Freedom of Information Act is intended
to be for personal use only and does not automatically give the recipient
the right to commercially re-use it, for example, the right to publish it
or make it available to a wider audience [SI 2005 No: 1515 4(1)].

 

The Trust provides information under the Freedom of Information Act in
line with the template [3]Open Government Licence for public sector
information. Should you wish to re-use any information in line with this
Licence then you are not required to take any further action.

 

If you require any clarifications on the response to your Freedom of
Information this must be actioned within 60 days of receipt of you
receiving your response from the Trust. If we receive this after 60 days,
this will be processed as a new Freedom of Information request.

 

The Open Government Licence allows you to re-use information freely and
flexibly, with only a few conditions. If you wish to re-use information
outside of the Licence terms then please inform the Trust as unauthorised
re-use may be in breach of copyright law.

 

Kind Regards

 

Freedom of Information Assistant

 

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Kendrick Wing, Warrington Hospital, WA5 1QG

 

Email: [4][email address]

 

 

 

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