Agency Nursing and Spend
Dear Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust,
1. Please confirm how many shifts were sent out for agencies to fill (per month), for Band 5 Mental Health Nurses (RMN's) between Jan 24 – July 2024?.
2. Please confirm how many of these shifts were filled by agencies per month for the same timespan as detailed in Q1. (Please can this be broken down per agency).
3. Please could you confirm how many Band 5 RMN agency shifts which were approved to go out to agency, were unfilled from Jan 24 – July 2024?
4. Please confirm how many hours throughout the timescale detailed in Q1 were filled by off-framework agencies for Band 5 RMN's? Can this also be broken down per month.
5. Between Jan 24 – July 2024, what was the trust spend per month, for each agency supplier?
6. Please confirm the average charge rate across Jan 24 – July 2024 period for Band 5 RMN's.
Yours faithfully,
Tom Edwards
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