Agency Nursing & International Nursing Recruitment
Dear Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust,
- How many requirements (hours) were released to on-framework agencies during the period 1st July 2022 until 30th June 2023, per calendar month, showing how many were filled and how many were unfilled, for the below-listed specialities*?
- How many requirements (hours) were released to off-framework agencies during the period 1st July 2022 until 30th June 2023, per calendar month, for the below-listed specialities*?
- What is the total agency usage for nurses in the period 1st July 2022 until 30th June 2023? Please provide hours supplied, and total expenditure, broken down per calendar month, and per recruitment agency (company name) for the below specialities*. Please indicate which agencies are operating on-framework and which are operating off-framework.
- Please provide the average hourly charge rate per calendar month, per recruitment agency, per speciality listed below, for the period 1st July 2022 until 30th June 2023.
- Please confirm how many international Band 5 Nurses have been permanently recruited by the trust, per calendar month, between 1st July 2022 and 30th June 2023, including their country of origin where feasible.
- Please confirm how many international Band 5 Nurses are forecasted to be permanently recruited by the trust, between 1st July 2023 and 30th June 2024, including their country of origin where feasible.
* For the aforementioned specialities, the following specialities are requested:
- General (incl Medical / Surgical / General)
- A&E
- ITU
- Theatres
- Midwifery
- RMN / Mental Health
Yours faithfully,
P Sear
Dear P Sear,
Re: FOI request ref: F23/0269
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Freedom of Information Office
: [Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust request email]
+ Trust Headquarters, Health and Wellbeing Centre, Sandwell General
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Dear P Sear,
Re: FOI request ref: F23/0269
I write further to your Freedom of Information request.
Unfortunately due to staffing changes within the Trust’s Corporate Governance Department your Freedom of Information request has not been dealt with in a timely manner. As some time has passed since you submitted your request, I am writing to you to establish if you still require the information. If you would like your request to be actioned, please could you confirm this to me by return email by no later than 5pm on 19th October 2023. If I have not received a response from you by this date, I will mark your request as closed.
Once again, I apologise that your request was not dealt with in a timely manner.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Office
: [Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust request email]
+ Trust Headquarters, Health and Wellbeing Centre, Sandwell General
+ Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich B71 4HJ
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