Allied Health Professionals
Dear Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation 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,
Helen Jones
Dear Ms Jones
Thank you for your request for information about agency Allied Health Professionals. Your request dated 26 May 2015 was received on 27 May 2015 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will let you know. We will issue a formal fees notice before commencing the work, setting out the likely cost against the amount of time anticipated.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the
reference number 2568 in any future communications.
Kind Regards
Adam Brown
FOI Admin Assistant
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dear Ms Jones
Please find attached the Trust's response to your Freedom of Information request received 27 May 2015
Kind Regards
Adam Brown
FOI Admin Assistant
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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