Agency Nursing Spend

 

Dear James Dwyer

 

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Royal Free London Group Headquarters

Anne Bryans House

77 Fleet Road

London NW3 2QH

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                               
                                                  

 

Dear James Dwyer

 

Thank you for submitting a request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  Please find the response below. This response
covers the hospitals and services managed by the Royal Free London NHS
Foundation Trust, namely the Royal Free Hospital, Barnet Hospital and
Chase Farm Hospital and associated group services.  

 

The response

Between April 2023 and March 2024, please confirm:

 

1.        How many shifts were sent out to agencies (per month) for

 a. Band 5 Registered Nurses

 

Jan

Apr  2023 May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2024 Feb March (to 6 March)
860 802 892 594 496 29 17 20 14 8 3 5

 

 

 

 

and

 b. Band 2 staff?

Not applicable

 

2.        How many shifts were sent out to agencies (per month) for
Theatre Nurses?

 

Mar

April 2023 May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2024 Feb (to 6 March)
82 83 105 54 45 68 63 72 31 30 55 23

 

 

 

3.        How many of these shifts were filled (per month?.

Please can this be broken down per agency?

 

Band 5

Jan
April Mar (to 6
2023 May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2024 Feb March)
Agency
Care Providers 57 50 36 24 17
Cromwell 207 262 265 146 107 7 8 5 1 1
Globe 34 26 38 15 12 1
HCS24 65 64 71 49 33 1
Medacs 5 6
Medicspro 27 25 42 27 37 7 5 7 2 2 2
Pulse 5 8 16 1 2
Unity 14 28 32 66 53 4 1 1 2 1 1
Your World 67 92 92 53 38 1

 

 

Theatre Nurse

April Jan
Mar (to 6
Agency 2023 May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2024 Feb March)
Care Providers 2 4 3 1 1
Cromwell 3 8 2 4 8 9 9 3 4 2
Medicspro 78 73 88 49 40 56 52 50 18 9 22 19
Pulse 3 3 3 3 1
Your World 1 2 11 23 1

 

 

 

4.        (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?

 

Band 5

Jan
Mar (to 6
April 2023 May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2024 Feb March)
Tier 1 207 262 265 146 107 7 8 5 1 1
Tier 2 149 139 149 100 87 7 5 7 2 3 2 0
Tier 3 120 159 184 135 105 4 1 3 2 1 1 0

 

 

Theatres

Jan
Mar (to 6
April 2023 May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2024 Feb March)
Tier 1 78 73 88 49 40 56 52 50 18 9 22 19
Tier 2 4 5 14 26 2
Tier 3 2 7 11 3 5 8 9 9 3 4 2

 

 

 

5.        What was the trust spend on Agency Nursing (per month), for each
agency supplier?

 

 

Please note that March 2024 data is not yet available.  

 

 

6.        What was the average hourly charge rate for a

 

 a. Band 5 General Nurse (RGN)

and a

 b. Theatre Nurse?

 

            Question 6a & b

The trust considers this information exempt from disclosure under Freedom
of Information Act 2000, Section 43(2) (Commercial Interests). Releasing
charge rates would adversely affect the commercial interests of the
trust. Disclosure of this information could distort competition between
other providers and result in less competitive rate quotes. The likely
consequence of this would be an increased cost to the NHS. We have
considered how the public interest might apply, and although recognising
that there is a strong public interest in openness, there is a greater
public interest in ensuring an ability to obtain best value for money.

 

 

7.      The total off-framework spend (per month)?

          None

 

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Freedom of Information Team

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 

 

 

 

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