Agency Nursing Spend
Dear Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust,
1. Please confirm how many shifts were sent out for agencies to fill (per month), for Band 5 and Band 2 (nursing staff) between July 2022 and June 2023?
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. Where there is a Tiered structure of agency suppliers, please can you confirm how many shifts per month were filled by each ‘Tier’ of supplier used.
4. Between July 2022 and June 2023, what was the trust spend per month, for each agency supplier?
5. Please confirm the average charge rate across this 12 month period for a Band 5 General nurse.
6. Please confirm Total off-framework spend across the period July 2022 to June 2023. Can this also be broken down per month.
Yours faithfully,
James Baker
Dear James,
Re: FOI request ref: F23/0416
Thank you for your freedom of information request.
Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days after the date of receipt as defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party. In some circumstances we may be unable to achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised timescale at the earliest opportunity.
In some cases there may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of the information you request. If this is the case you will be informed and the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment from you. If you choose not to make payment then your request will remain unanswered.
Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.
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
Dear James,
Re: FOI request ref: F23/0416
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 was not actioned. I apologise that your 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 within the next five days. 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
We work to defend the right to FOI for everyone
Help us protect your right to hold public authorities to account. Donate and support our work.
Donate Now