Agency Spend
Dear Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust,
I hope you’re well.
I would like to know the following information please:
1. What is the total Trust spend purely with framework agencies for the recruitment of locum doctors in the past 12 months? Please also provide a break-down of spend per grade, speciality and by each recruitment agency by company name.
2. What is the total Trust spend purely with off-framework agencies for the recruitment of locum doctors in the past 12 months? Please also provide a break-down of spend per grade, speciality and by each recruitment agency by company name.
3. What is the total Trust spend purely with agencies for the recruitment of permanent & fixed term doctors? Please also provide a break-down of spend per grade, speciality and by each recruitment agency by company name.
4. Does your organization use a Direct Engagement scheme? If so, who provides it and when does their contract expire?
5. What percentage of bookings are made outside of the Direct Engagement model (non-DE)?
6. Which medical services do you outsource to external companies & which companies do you outsource to?
7. How many doctors have been booked outside of IR35 in previous 12 months?
8. In which specialty is your highest paid Locum Consultant Doctor and what is their hourly rate?
I hope to hear from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
Jenny Carper
Dear Ms Carper
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to a request, therefore we will aim to provide you with our response by 25 November 2021. However, please be advised that our resources have been diverted to support our front-line colleagues who are working tremendously hard to provide care for our patients, and to those in need of our services. As you can hopefully understand, this is resulting in delays responding to information requests. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding to your request and will respond as soon as we are able.
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Should you need to contact us in the meantime, please quote reference number 2021.987.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900
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Dear Ms Carper
With regard to your request for information via the Freedom of Information
Act 2000, please find attached our response.
Kind regards
FOI Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900
In accordance with GDPR Art. 6(1)(c) processing of your data by Kent
Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is necessary for compliance with its
legal obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to
you. Please refer to the “access to information” section available on our
website: [1]https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/about-us/acce...
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