Agency Staffing

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Dear West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust,

Please can you provide me with further information on the supply of
agency Staff to your trust/authority. Please could you advise on
the agency/locum spend for the following categories during the
following time periods:

Categories:
All Allied Health Professions (AHP)
All Health Science Services (HSS)
Radiography / Medical Imaging
Physiotherapy
Pathology
Pharmacy
Mortuary
Nursing
Medical Locums (Doctors)

Time periods:
2006 (1st Jan-31st Dec)
2007 (1st Jan-31st Dec)
2008 (1st Jan-31st Dec)
2009 (1st Jan-31st Dec)
2010 (Q1 – 1st Jan – 31st March)
2010 (Q2 – 1st April – 30th June)
2010 (Q3 – 1st July – 30th September)
2010 (Q4 – 1st October – 31st December)
2011 (Q1 – 1st Jan – 31st March)
2011 (Q2 – 1st April – 30th June)
2011 (Q3 – 1st July – 30th September)

Please outline details of any current framework or preferred
supplier list in place for the supply of agency/locum staff within
the above categories to your trust/authority along with details on
any renewal dates or plans to re-procure the agreements.

Thank you for your attention.

Yours faithfully,

Rob Charlton

FOI, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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I am writing to confirm that the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has now
completed its search for the information which you requested on 19
December 2011

 

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Please can you provide me with further information on the supply of

     agency Staff to your trust/authority. Please could you advise on

     the agency/locum spend for the following categories during the

     following time periods:

    

     Categories:

     All Allied Health Professions (AHP)

     All Health Science Services (HSS)

     Radiography / Medical Imaging

     Physiotherapy

     Pathology

     Pharmacy

     Mortuary

     Nursing

     Medical Locums (Doctors)

    

     Time periods:

     2006 (1st Jan-31st Dec)

     2007 (1st Jan-31st Dec)

     2008 (1st Jan-31st Dec)

     2009 (1st Jan-31st Dec)

     2010 (Q1 – 1st Jan – 31st March)

     2010 (Q2 – 1st April – 30th June)

     2010 (Q3 – 1st July – 30th September)

     2010 (Q4 – 1st October – 31st December)

     2011 (Q1 – 1st Jan – 31st March)

     2011 (Q2 – 1st April – 30th June)

     2011 (Q3 – 1st July – 30th September)

    

     Please outline details of any current framework or preferred

     supplier list in place for the supply of agency/locum staff within

     the above categories to your trust/authority along with details on

     any renewal dates or plans to re-procure the agreements.

 

We do not have a preferred supplier, all our agencies are sourced via the
Government procurement website.

 

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request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to. Chief Executive, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust,
Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2QZ

 

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ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust.

 

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Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF.

Barry Moult

 

Barry Moult

Information Governance Manager

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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