Information Governance
Warwick Hospital
Lakin Road
Warwick
CV34 5BW

Tel: 01926 495321
Email: [South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust request email]

Dear Fiona Devereaux

We acknowledge receipt of your email to South Warwickshire NHS Foundation
Trust:

Freedom of Information request - Agency & Bank Nursing Spend

If you have submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) or the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR), your request
will be considered and you will receive our response within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days.

The reference number for your email is FOI/1309.

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Yours sincerely,
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

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Information Governance
Warwick Hospital
Lakin Road
Warwick
CV34 5BW

Tel: 01926 495321
Email: [South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust request email]

Ref No:FOI/1309
 
Dear Fiona Devereaux 

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

Please see the response to your request below.

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 our response attached. Please not, we are unable to provide you
with further details for some of your questions as this may harm Trust's
commercial interests when the information is viewed holistically.
Therefore, the Trust is applying section 43 exemption to some details of
the request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
- https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/foi...

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and would like a review of our response please email
[email address], or write to Information Governance, Pickering's Building,
1st Floor, Warwick Hospital, Millers Road, Warwick, CV34 5AN
If you are not content with the outcome of your review, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Or via their website www.ico.org.uk/contactus, or by telephone on 0303 123
1113

The Trust always seeks feedback on how it handles requests made under the
Freedom of Information Act. If you wish to provide feedback please e-mail;
[email address]

Kind regards

The information you seek is a trade secret.
Note: (Examples of information which could amount to a trade secret:
Methodology/unique formula/pricing structure/customer list)

AND/OR:

Release of the information you seek is likely to prejudice the commercial
interests of the authority and/or contractor.

Insert Public Interest Test wording