Agency Staffing

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Dear Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology 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

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Dee-Anne Bentley, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr. Charlton

 

Re:  Freedom of Information request

Ref: 167-2011

 

Thank you for your email dated 19^th December 2011 requesting various
information with regard to the supply of agency staff to our Trust and
advice on the agency/locum spend for particular working categories during
particular time periods.

 

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days i.e.
by no later than 20^th January 2011. 

 

If you have any queries about this request please do not hesitate to
contact me.  Please remember to quote the reference number above in any
future communications.

 

Kind regards.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Dee-Anne Bentley

Document Control Manager & Freedom of Information Lead

Clinical Governance Support Team

Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology

Clatterbridge Road

Bebington

Wirral, CH63 4JY

 

Tel:     0151 334 1155  Ext. 4820

Email: [1][email address]

 

 

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Dear Mr. Charlton

 

Re:  Freedom of Information request

Ref: 167-2011

 

Thank you for your email dated 19^th December 2011 requesting various
information with regard to the supply of agency staff to our Trust and
advice on the agency/locum spend for particular working categories during
particular time periods.

 

Unfortunately, not all of the information can be disclosed as it is not
recorded or held by our Trust in the format you have set out.  The
information is recorded by our Trust per financial year and therefore can
not be broken down by the time periods you have specified.  We can also
only provide the data by department as we do not record this information
by staff category or professional grades etc.  Please also note that our
Trust is a cancer treatment centre and therefore some of the staff
categories you have listed are not employed at this Trust.  We have
therefore only listed the departments applicable to our Trust. 
Unfortunately the data recorded by department is not available before 2010
but we can provide the total spend for those financial years:-

 

Agency Summary 2011/2012 by Qtr & Dept  
       
Site   Ytd Actual Qtr 1 Ytd Actual Qtr 2
  NURSING 54042 54031
  ADMIN 54269 66061
  HSS 0 17646
  PHARMACY 15785 37398
  RADIOGRAPHY 34129 -1420
Grand Total   158225 173717

 

Agency Summary 2010/2011 by Qtr &
Dept      
           
Site   Ytd Actual Ytd Actual Ytd Actual Ytd Actual
Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4
  NURSING 21587 36867 -401 49594
  ADMIN 72897 116691 70920 44650
  HSS 2815 -2815 0 0
  PHARMACY 25699 28959 35308 35486
  RADIOGRAPHY 32525 11837 40705 9930
Grand Total   155523 191540 146532 139659

 

Agency Summary 07 – 09 (by financial year)

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total agency spend 2009/2010:            |£549,031 |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------|
|Total agency spend 2008/2009: |£441,615 |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------|
|Total agency spend 2007/2008: |£355,762 |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------|
|Total agency spend 2006/2007: |£424,759 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

The Trust is involved in an agreement with NHS Buying Solutions who have
replaced the NHS Purchasing & Supply Agency Agreement.  NHS Buying
Solutions negotiate contracts on behalf of NHS organizations.  There are a
number of agencies who have negotiated prices with NHS Buying Solutions
and are on the approved buying list.  Once an agency is accepted under the
agreement, the NHS should only use the recommended agencies for supply of
staff.

 

We do not have a medical bank for locum doctors.  Because of the
specialist nature of treatment we provide we use internal locums. 

 

 

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact
me.

 

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to: Freedom of Information Review,
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, Clatterbridge Road, Bebington, Wirral,
CH63 4JY

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

 

In order for us to ensure customer satisfaction and to monitor compliance
with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we would be grateful if you
could take a couple of minutes to complete the attached form and return by
email to [1][email address] or by post to the address
below.

 

Kind regards.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Dee-Anne Bentley

Document Control Manager & Freedom of Information Lead

Clinical Governance Support Team

Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology

Clatterbridge Road

Bebington

Wirral, CH63 4JY

 

Tel:     0151 334 1155  Ext. 4820

Email: [2][email address]

 

 

The information contained in this e-mail may be subject to public
disclosure under the NHS Code of Openness or the Freedom of Information
Act 2000. Unless the information is legally exempt (eg under the Data
Protection Act 1998) the confidentiality of this e-mail and your reply
cannot be guaranteed.

 

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