Allied Health Professionals

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Dear London North West Healthcare NHS Trust,

I would like to request that you provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:

1) Please can you confirm what your total spend on Allied Health Professional (AHP) agency staff was during the financial year 2014-15?
Can you please break this financial information down by AHP specialism:
• Arts Therapists,
• Chiropodist/Podiatrist,
• Dietician,
• Occupational Therapist,
• Physiotherapist,
• Prosthetist / Orthotist,
• Imaging Professionals,
• Speech / Language Professionals.

2) Please can you confirm the names of the organisation/s you procure temporary Allied Health Professionals (AHP) from?

To provide additional clarity on my request, ‘temporary Allied Health Professionals’ is to mean all persons who are AHPs and are not on permanent contracts of employment with the Board, but are supplied via employment agencies.

Yours faithfully,

David Rogers

FOI (LONDON NORTH WEST HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST), London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Dear Mr Rogers,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request which was received on the 26th May 2015 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You should expect a response by the 23rd June and your reference number is 329-15

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will let you know.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me.

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

Yours faithfully,

Interim FOI Officer
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
[email address]

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FOI (LONDON NORTH WEST HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST), London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Rodgers,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received on the 26^th
May.

 

Your ref: 329-15

 

You asked London North West Healthcare NHS Trust:-

 

1)            Please can you confirm what your total spend on Allied
Health Professional (AHP) agency staff was during the financial year
2014-15?

Can you please break this financial information down by AHP specialism:

•             Arts Therapists,

•             Chiropodist/Podiatrist,

•             Dietician,

•             Occupational Therapist,

•             Physiotherapist,

•             Prosthetist / Orthotist,

•             Imaging Professionals,

•             Speech / Language Professionals.

 

2)            Please can you confirm the names of the organisation/s you
procure temporary Allied Health Professionals (AHP) from?

 

 

Our response:-

 

Please find the Trust response to your request as shown below:-

 

1)               
Agency Spend 2014/15    
AHP - Allied Health Professional    
     
Chiropodist/Podiatrist   £1,434
Dietetics   £83,325
Occupational Therapy   £162,274
Physiotherapy   £152,550
Imaging Professionals (Radiology) £843,167
Speech Therapy   £154,417
     

 

2)           

Please can you confirm the names of the organisation/s you procure
temporary Allied Health Professionals (AHP) from?

 

Agency AHPs are supplied by LLP Framework agencies. Full list of providers
is  available on LPP website.

 

We trust that this satisfies your request and thank you for your interest
in London North West Healthcare NHS Trust

 

If you wish to re-use the information that we provide and you do not
specify this in your initial application for information then you must
make a further request for its re-use as per the Re-Use of Public Sector
Information Regulations 2005 [1]www.opsi.gov.uk.  This will not affect
your initial information request.

 

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to Information Governance Manager, London North West
Healthcare Trust, Watford Road, Harrow, HA1 3UJ  or Email:-
[2][email address]

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Chief Executive. The Information Commissioner
can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

 

*May we ask that you kindly complete the attached satisfaction
questionnaire for feedback on this response and return back to
[3][email address]

 

Thank you.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

Interim FOI Officer

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust

[4][email address]

 

 

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