Agency Spend
Dear Airedale NHS Foundation Trust,
Please could you provide me the following information:
1. What contractual relationships are in place for supplying agency nurses and who is responsible for managing them?
2. How many agencies are used to supply agency nurses?
3. Of these agencies, how many are off framework – please list them?
4. Since July 2024 (last 3 months), how many shifts have been filled via an off framework agency?
5. Who is your highest paid agency nurse, what is their speciality and their hourly charge?
6. Please outline your spend per agency, broken down by grade and speciality of nurse over the past 3 months?
Yours faithfully,
George Smith
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Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts
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Airedale Information Governance [email address]
Dear George Smith
Please find our response attached,
Kind regards,
Craig Randles | Information Governance Manager | Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
IT Business Centre, Location C48, Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Steeton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6TD
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