Allied Health Care Professionals Information

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Dear Bolton Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT),

I am gathering employment and local demographic data in relation to the local health & social care market place. It is with this mind that I hope you can supply the required information for the following job Category:
Allied Health Care Professionals
– Please break this down into the following catergories:

Arts Therapists
Biomedical scientists
Chiropodists / Podiatrists
Clinical Scientists
Dietitians
Hearing Aid Dispensers
Occupational Therapists
Operating Department Practitioners
Orthoptists
Paramedics
Pharmacists
Physiotherapists
Practitioner Phychologists
Prosthetist/Orthotists
Radiographers
Sonographers
Speech & Language Therapists

If possible could this information please be presented for the year Jan 2010 - Dec 2010, showing both the annual total and monthly breakdown.

1.Total Number of staff Directly employed across the Trust per job type, by department
2.Number of temporary agency staff on placement within the Trust per job type, by department and by supplier
3.Total Number of permanent jobs filled/resourced through recruitment agencies
4.Total Spend on direct employment across the Trust per job type, by department
5.Total Spend on Temporary agency labour across the Trust, per job type, per department and by supplier
6.Total spend on Permanent fees paid to Agencies
7.Average Salary for each job role above based on results from 2010 for direct staff and agency staff

Notes:
1.I would like the information in electronic format (and if possible, in Excel to assist with calculations). This should avoid any printing cost issues.
2.Could you please indicate which directorate as well as department.

Your assistance with this request is greatly appreciated.

Yours faithfully

Carl Tinker

FOI Audit (5HQ) BOLTON PCT, Bolton Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT)

Dear Carl

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your FOI request below which I received on the 9th June 2011.

We are currently experiencing a high volume of FOI requests and in the current climate our departments are extremely busy. We will endeavour to make any information we hold available to you as soon as we can. Any exemptions that may apply to the information requested will be explained to you at this time.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.

Should you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards

Suzanne Bell
NHS Bolton

Smartcard Queries - contact the IT helpdesk on 01204 462222 or email [email address]
FOI Queries - 01204 462220

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Dear Suzanne,

To cut down on your workload we have removed some of the job
catergories and requests.
Please see amended request below.

Allied Health Care Professionals
– Please break this down into the following catergories:

Arts Therapists
Chiropodists / Podiatrists
Dietitians
Hearing Aid Dispensers
Occupational Therapists
Operating Department Practitioners
Orthoptists
Paramedics
Pharmacists
Physiotherapists
Practitioner Phychologists
Radiographers
Sonographers
Speech & Language Therapists

If possible could this information please be presented for the year
Jan 2010 - Dec 2010, showing both the annual total and monthly
breakdown.

1.Total Number of staff Directly employed across the Trust per job
type, by department
2.Number of temporary agency staff on placement within the Trust
per job type
3.Total Number of permanent jobs filled/resourced through
recruitment agencies
4.Total Spend on direct employment across the Trust per job type,
by department
5.Total Spend on Temporary agency labour across the Trust, per job
type,
6.Total spend on Permanent fees paid to Agencies

Yours sincerely,

Carl Tinker

FOI Audit (5HQ) BOLTON PCT, Bolton Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT)

Dear Carl

Thank you for your recent requests for information (below), made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Bolton PCT confirms it holds information falling within the description specified in your request. However, as the information requested is similar we intend to combine them and treat them as one single request.

Following a discussion with colleagues, in order to answer Q1 only, we estimate the time taken to complete this work would be in excess of 36 hours and therefore It is estimated that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the appropriate limit.

The 'appropriate limit' exemption is set out under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act. The costs of complying with the request is set out in the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. This has been set at £450 for NHS Organisations - any costs incurred by staff locating, retrieving and extracting the information must be calculated at the rate of £25 per person per hour, regardless of the actual costs involved.

Under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act the PCT is not obliged to comply with the request. If you wish to redefine your request and narrow the category of information, we may be able to comply with your request although I cannot guarantee that this will be the case.

Regards
Suzanne

Suzanne Bell
NHS Bolton

Smartcard Queries - contact the IT helpdesk on 01204 462222 or email [email address]
FOI Queries - 01204 462220

The information contained in this email, has been released from Bolton PCT in response to a request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. All information was accurate on the date of its release.

If you are unhappy with any aspect of the response to your Freedom of Information request please write to:

The Chief Executive
Bolton PCT
St Peters House
Silverwell Street
Bolton
BL1 1PP.

Should you further disagree with any decision following your letter you may wish to contact the Office of the Information Commissioner:

Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Tel: 01625 545745
Fax: 01625 524510

FOI REQUESTS

I am gathering employment and local demographic data in relation to
the local health & social care market place. It is with this mind
that I hope you can supply the required information for the
following job Category: Allied Health Care Professionals

– Please break this down into the following catergories:

Arts Therapists
Chiropodists / Podiatrists
Dietitians
Hearing Aid Dispensers
Occupational Therapists
Operating Department Practitioners
Orthoptists
Paramedics
Pharmacists
Physiotherapists
Practitioner Phychologists
Radiographers
Sonographers
Speech & Language Therapists

If possible could this information please be presented for the year
Jan 2010 - Dec 2010, showing both the annual total and monthly
breakdown.

1.Total Number of staff Directly employed across the Trust per job
type, by department
2.Number of temporary agency staff on placement within the Trust
per job type
3.Total Number of permanent jobs filled/resourced through
recruitment agencies
4.Total Spend on direct employment across the Trust per job type,
by department
5.Total Spend on Temporary agency labour across the Trust, per job
type,
6.Total spend on Permanent fees paid to Agencies

I am gathering employment and local demographic data in relation to
the local health & social care market place. It is with this mind
that I hope you can supply the required information for the
following job Category: Nurses

– Please break this down into the following catergories:

RNLD - Registered Learning Disability Nurse
CPN - Community psychiatric nurse
RMN - Registered Mental Nurse
RGN - Registered General Nurse
RSCN- Registered Sick Children's Nurse

If possible could this information please be presented for the year
Jan 2010 - Dec 2010, showing both the annual total and monthly
breakdown.

1.Total Number of staff Directly employed across the Trust per job
type, by department
2.Number of temporary agency staff on placement within the Trust
per job type, by department and by supplier
3.Total Number of permanent jobs filled/resourced through
recruitment agencies
4.Total Spend on direct employment across the Trust per job type,
by department
5.Total Spend on Temporary agency labour across the Trust, per job
type, per department and by supplier
6.Total spend on Permanent fees paid to Agencies
7.Average Salary for each job role above based on results from 2010
for direct staff and agency staff

I am gathering employment and local demographic data in relation to
the local health & social care market place. It is with this mind
that I hope you can supply the required information for the
following job Category: Residential Support Worker

If possible could this information please be presented for the year
Jan 2010 - Dec 2010, showing both the annual total and monthly
breakdown.

1.Total Number of staff Directly employed across the Trust per job
type, by department
2.Number of temporary agency staff on placement within the Trust
per job type, by department and by supplier
3.Total Number of permanent jobs filled/resourced through
recruitment agencies
4.Total Spend on direct employment across the Trust per job type,
by department
5.Total Spend on Temporary agency labour across the Trust, per job
type, per department and by supplier
6.Total spend on Permanent fees paid to Agencies
7.Average Salary for each job role above based on results from 2010
for direct staff and agency staff

Bolton PCT asks that you:

-Notify the sender immediately if this email appears to have been sent to you by mistake
-Respect the confidentiality of any information you receive from us
-Remember that emails sent or received by our staff may be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act
-Let us know straight away if you suspect an email received from us may be infected with a virus.

(We take all possible steps to ensure that our systems are virus free but no system is completely secure.)

Dear Suzanne,

Apologies for the length of our initial request. Please find a much reduced request below.

Please can we just have the total agency spend of reach of the following departments.

RNLD - Registered Learning Disability Nurse
CPN - Community psychiatric nurse
RMN - Registered Mental Nurse
RGN - Registered General Nurse
RSCN- Registered Sick Children's Nurse

AND

Dietitians
Occupational Therapists
Orthoptist
Pharmacists
Physiotherapists
Practitioner Phychologists
Radiographers
Sonographers
Speech & Language Therapists

I am happy to just be supplied with the annual spend (either calendar year 2010 or the fiancial year 2010/11, whichever is easiest for you).

if you belive this will take over the 18 hours prescribed in section 12 , then please can you just provide as much information as you can obtain in the 18 hours you are legally required to work on this request.

Yours sincerely,

Carl Tinker

FOI Audit (5HQ) BOLTON PCT, Bolton Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT)

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Dear Carl

Thank you for your email below.

NHS Bolton does not hold the financial information in the format requested below. I have attached the analysis of the accounts data which does show the value spent on agency costs and number of staff but the information is in broader headings than requested.

Regards
Suzanne

Suzanne Bell
NHS Bolton

Smartcard Queries - contact the IT helpdesk on 01204 462222 or email [email address]
FOI Queries - 01204 462220

The information contained in this email, has been released from Bolton PCT in response to a request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. All information was accurate on the date of its release.

If you are unhappy with any aspect of the response to your Freedom of Information request please write to:

The Chief Executive
Bolton PCT
St Peters House
Silverwell Street
Bolton
BL1 1PP.

Should you further disagree with any decision following your letter you may wish to contact the Office of the Information Commissioner:

Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Tel: 01625 545745
Fax: 01625 524510

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