Agency spend for non-clinical staff
Dear University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust,
Could I please request the below information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA):
Breakdown of which recruitment agencies have supplied temporary non-Clinical staff from October 2022 – March 2023.
Amount of recruitment agency spend for temporary non-Clinical staff from October 2022 – March 2023.
Number of shifts filled by recruitment agencies for Estates, Facilities Management and Ancillary staff from October 2022-March 2023.
Amount of recruitment agency spend for temporary staff for Estates, Facilities Management and Ancillary staff from October 2022 – March 2023.
Point of contact and contact details within your organisation who oversees temporary service provision and details of any Neutral or Master Vend contracts currently in place.
Yours faithfully,
Fay Owen
Our reference: FOI 3371 2023/24
Dear Fay Owen,
Thank you for your request for information. The Trust's response is
provided in the attached document.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a
merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on
1^st April 2018.
UHB is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a
regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham
Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull
Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield
and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite
units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see
and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our
hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We employ
20,000 staff and have an annual turnover of nearly £1.5 billion.
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