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Dear East Lancashire Hospitals NHS 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

Freedom of Information (ELHT) Mailbox, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Dear Mr Mountain

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref: 2018/09/19 Mountain S.

Under the Act, the department is required to provide you with a response within 20 working days. We will write to you in response to your request for information by the 17th October 2018.

The Freedom of Information Act includes a number of exemptions to releasing information. Some of these are qualified exemptions which require us to consider whether it is in the public interest to disclose or withhold the information. In these circumstances we may need more time to consider your request, and if this is the case we will write to you by the date above to inform you of when you can expect to receive a response. If you have any queries regarding this request please do not hesitate to contact me, quoting the reference number at the top of this email in all future correspondence.

Details of how we will process your request are available on our website at: http://www.elht.nhs.uk/freedom-of-inform...

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

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Craig Michelle (ELHT) Bank Staff, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Mountain

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please see below answers to your questions and the attached file.

1. How many doctors have been booked outside of IR35 since April 2017? <5

2. What is your yearly trust spend on agency locum doctors via framework agencies, broken down into grade and specialty? See Attached file

3. What is your yearly trust spend on agency locum doctors via OFF-framework agencies, broken down into grade and specialty? NIL

4. What is your average total charge rate for a locum consultant doctor? £112.56

5. Who is the highest paid locum Consultant, what is the hourly rate and in what specialty do they practice? Oncology - £133.68 - We cannot disclose the name of the highest paid locum consultant

6. Please can you outline your spend per agency, broken down by grade and specialty of doctor over the past 12 months? See Attached file

If you are not satisfied with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to request a review or make a complaint, you should write to the Trust Data Protection Officer/Head of Information Governance, Parkview Offices, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HH. Tel: 01254 82122 . Email: [East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust request email]

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Dear Mr Mountain

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref: 2018/09/19 Mountain S.

Under the Act, the department is required to provide you with a response within 20 working days. We will write to you in response to your request for information by the 17th October 2018.

The Freedom of Information Act includes a number of exemptions to releasing information. Some of these are qualified exemptions which require us to consider whether it is in the public interest to disclose or withhold the information. In these circumstances we may need more time to consider your request, and if this is the case we will write to you by the date above to inform you of when you can expect to receive a response. If you have any queries regarding this request please do not hesitate to contact me, quoting the reference number at the top of this email in all future correspondence.

Details of how we will process your request are available on our website at: http://www.elht.nhs.uk/freedom-of-inform...

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

[email address]

Website: www.elht.nhs.uk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/EastLancsHosp
Facebook: www.facebook.com/EastLancashireHospitals

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