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Dear Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust,

I would like to request the following information under the freedom of information act:

1. How many doctors have been booked outside of IR35 since April 2017?
2. What is your yearly trust spend on agency locum doctors via framework agencies, broken down into grade and specialty?
3. What is your yearly trust spend on agency locum doctors via OFF-framework agencies, broken down into grade and specialty?
4. What is your average total charge rate for a locum consultant doctor?
5. Who is the highest paid locum Consultant, what is the hourly rate and in what specialty do they practice?
6. Please can you outline your spend per agency, broken down by grade and specialty of doctor over the past 12 months?

I hope to hear from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Steve Mountain

FOI, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Steve Mountain

Further to your request, made under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. The Trust has received your request and will respond within 20 working days.

Your request has been allocated the reference number FOI5146 . If you have any queries in relation to your request, please quote this reference number.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Department
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

If you are unhappy in any respect, with the way in which your request has been handled, you can request an internal review by writing, by email or letter, to The Director of Performance and Trust Secretary, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Brompton Hospital, Britten Wing, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP: [email address] Tel: 020 7352 8121.

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you can apply to the Information Commissioner, who will consider whether the Trust has complied with its obligations under the Act, and can require the Trust to remedy any problems. You can find out more about how to do this, and about the Act in general, on the Information Commissioner’s website at:www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk. Complaints to the Information Commissioner should be sent to: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

It is important to the Trust that you are satisfied with the way in which your request was handled. There is an applicant satisfaction survey on our website and we would be grateful if you could spend a short time to comment on your request.
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Dear FOI,

I have not received a response to my questions within the time scales set by the FOI act, please advise?

Yours sincerely,

Steve Mountain

FOI, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Steve Mountain

We apologise for the delay, the person gathering this information is away from the Trust.

We will send it to you as soon as possible.

Thanks

Sue

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FOI, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Steve Mountain

The Trust has now reviewed your request and can provide the following information (attached).

Your request has been allocated the reference number FOI 5146. If you have any queries in relation to your request, please quote this reference number.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Department
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

If you are unhappy in any respect, with the way in which your request has been handled, you can request an internal review by writing, by email or letter, to The Trust Secretary, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Brompton Hospital, Britten Wing, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP: [email address] Tel: 020 7352 8121.

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you can apply to the Information Commissioner, who will consider whether the Trust has complied with its obligations under the Act, and can require the Trust to remedy any problems. You can find out more about how to do this, and about the Act in general, on the Information Commissioner’s website at:www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk. Complaints to the Information Commissioner should be sent to: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

It is important to the Trust that you are satisfied with the way in which your request was handled. There is an applicant satisfaction survey on our website and we would be grateful if you could spend a short time to comment on your request.
http://www.rbht.nhs.uk/about/freedom-of-...

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