Agency Nursing Spend

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Mount Vernon Hospital  

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Northwood  

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HA 6 2RN   

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The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Mount Vernon Hospital

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Northwood

HA6 2RN

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Dear The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

Between April 2023 and March 2024, please confirm:

1.      How many shifts were sent out to agencies (per month) for Band 5
Registered Nurses and Band 2 staff?
2.      How many shifts were sent out to agencies (per month) for Theatre
Nurses?
3.      How many of these shifts were filled (per month?. Please can this
be broken down per agency?
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?
5.      What was the trust spend on Agency Nursing (per month), for each
agency supplier?
6.      What was the average hourly charge rate for a Band 5 General Nurse
(RGN) and a Theatre Nurse?
7.      The total off-framework spend (per month)?

Yours faithfully,

James Dwyer

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Dear James,

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is writing to respond to your request, FOI 8062 sent on 4th March 2024.

The information for this request is as follows:

1. How many shifts were sent out to agencies (per month) for Band 5 Registered Nurses and Band 2 staff? 1305 shifts on average per month over last 12 months

2. How many shifts were sent out to agencies (per month) for Theatre Nurses? 3

3. How many of these shifts were filled (per month?. Please can this be broken down per agency? Fill rate of 96.1% over last 12 months
We cannot supply supplier names as this is commercially sensitive information

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?
We do not have a tiering system

5. What was the trust spend on Agency Nursing (per month), for each agency supplier? We cannot supply supplier names as this is commercially sensitive information

6. What was the average hourly charge rate for a Band 5 General Nurse (RGN) and a Theatre Nurse? £32.20

7. The total off-framework spend (per month)? Litmus do not have access to OFW spend, this is invoiced to the trust directly

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Provision of this information does not constitute permission for its commercial re-use in terms of the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015. You are free to use the information for your own use, including for non-commercial research purposes. The information may also be used for the purposes of news reporting. However, any other type of re-use will require permission from the Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Yours sincerely,

Niamh Dunne
Freedom of Information Officer

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Mount Vernon Hospital
Rickmansworth Road
Northwood
HA6 2RN

Email: [email address]

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