Agency Recruitment

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Dear Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust,

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

1. Do you use agencies for national and international permanent doctor and/or nursing recruitment? If so, do you employ nurses from the Philippines?
2. How many doctors have been booked outside of IR35 since April 2017?
3. What is your yearly trust spend on agency locum doctors via framework agencies, broken down into grade and specialty?
4. What is your yearly trust spend on agency locum doctors via OFF-framework agencies, broken down into grade and specialty?
5. What is your average total charge rate for a locum consultant doctor?
6. Who is the highest paid locum Consultant, what is the hourly rate and in what specialty do they practice?
7. 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

PennineFOI atSalford, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Dear Sir

RE: Freedom of Information Acknowledgement of receipt Ref code FOI8832/PAT/KA

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request made in relation to information held by Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust. Requests for information from one of the Care Organisations making up Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust (Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary, The Royal Oldham Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital) are now processed from the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust base of the Northern Care Alliance.

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PennineFOI atSalford, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

 

Dear Steve

 

The Trust has now completed collation of data to support a response to
your recent Freedom of Information request. Please accept our apologies
for the late response.

 

Details requested have now been posted on the Trust website and can be
viewed using this link.

 

[1]http://www.srft.nhs.uk/about-us/freedom-...

 

We trust these details will assist with your enquiries.  If we can be of
any further assistance in the future please do not hesitate to contact us
again.

 

 

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Dear PennineFOI atSalford,

I have yet to receive a response to my questions within the allotted time period given by the FOI act, please advise?

Yours sincerely,

Steve Mountain

Dear PennineFOI atSalford,

Apologies as I have received your full response.

Yours sincerely,

Steve Mountain