Allied Health Professionals

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Dear University Hospitals of Leicester 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 - Freedom of Information, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Corporate and Legal Affairs – Trust Administration

 

Our Reference: KR/FOI/23468

 

2 June 2015

 

 

David Rogers

[FOI #270676 email]

 

 

Dear Mr Rogers,

 

Request for Information KR/FOI/23468

 

Thank you for your request for information, as received by University
Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust on 27 ^ May 2015.   Within UHL NHS Trust,
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Kate Rayns

Trust Administrator

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Tel: 0116 258 8907

 

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FOI - Freedom of Information, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Corporate and Legal Affairs – Trust Administration

 

Our Reference: KR/FOI/23468

 

23 June 2015

 

 

David Rogers

[FOI #270676 email]

 

 

Dear Mr Rogers

 

Request for Information KR/FOI/23468

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act (FOI) request, as received
on 27 May 2015 and acknowledged on 2 June 2015.   For information, the
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is one of the largest and
busiest NHS teaching Trusts in the country incorporating the General
Hospital, Glenfield Hospital and Royal Infirmary.  The three hospitals are
staffed by almost 11,000 people serving around one million people across
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, and a further two to three million
people from the rest of the UK who come to us for the specialist services
we provide.  During 2014/15 Leicester’s Hospitals treated 1,229,500 (3,368
patients per day) – 97 more each day than in 2013/14.

 

Following consultation with colleagues from the Clinical Support and
Imaging Clinical Management Group, I confirm that the University Hospitals
of Leicester NHS Trust holds information covered by your FOI request.   In
your Freedom of Information Act request, you asked for the following
information and the Trust’s response is provided below following your
request:-

 

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.

Following consultation with colleagues from the Clinical Support and
Imaging Clinical Management Group, I am advised that the total expenditure
on AHP agency staff is provided in the following table:-

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|AHP Specialism |2014-15 Expenditure |
|------------------------------+-----------------------------------------|
|Arts Therapists |This service is not provided by UHL.  |
|------------------------------+-----------------------------------------|
|Chiropodist/Podiatrist |This service is commissioned by UHL and |
| |provided by the Leicestershire |
| |Partnership NHS Trust.  Therefore, UHL |
| |does not hold details of LPT’s |
| |expenditure on agency staffing. |
|------------------------------+-----------------------------------------|
|Dietitian | £2,942.05|
|------------------------------+-----------------------------------------|
|Occupational Therapist | £49,176.15|
|------------------------------+-----------------------------------------|
|Physiotherapist | £169,050.33|
|------------------------------+-----------------------------------------|
|Prosthetist/Orthotist |This service is commissioned by UHL and |
| |provided by an external company.  |
| |Therefore, UHL does not hold details of |
| |any agency staffing expenditure. |
|------------------------------+-----------------------------------------|
|Imaging Professionals | £1,105,928.34|
|------------------------------+-----------------------------------------|
|Speech/Language Professionals.|This service is commissioned by UHL and |
| |provided by the Leicestershire |
| |Partnership NHS Trust.  Therefore, UHL |
| |does not hold details of LPT’s |
| |expenditure on agency staffing. |
|------------------------------+-----------------------------------------|
|TOTAL | £1,327,096.87|
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

 

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

Following consultation with colleagues from the Clinical Support and
Imaging Clinical Management Group, I am advised that UHL procures
temporary AHP staff from the following organisations:-

 

·          Athona Healthcare Recruitment

·          Day Webster

·          Globe Locums Limited

·          Jennie Reeves Radiographers Agency

·          Labmed

·          London Teaching Pool Limited

·          Maxxima Ltd – IML

·          Mediconnect Recruitment Limited

·          Medicspro Limited

·          Orchard Medical Recruitment

·          RIG Healthcare

·          Permtemps Medical Network Limited

·          Piers Meadows Recruitments Limited

·          Sanctuary Personnel Limited

·          Sonographer Medical

·          Staff Flow

·          The Placement Group

·          Your World Recruitment Limited

 

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.

 

I hope that this response is satisfactory and provides you with the
information requested (where available). If you require any further
assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.  If you are dissatisfied
with the Trust’s response, you can contact the Director of Corporate and
Legal Affairs on Tel. No. 0116 258 8615 to request a copy of UHL’s Freedom
of Information Act complaints procedure.

 

We must advise you that where we have provided information we have done so
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Yours sincerely,

 

 

Kate Rayns

Trust Administrator

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Tel: 0116 258 8907

 

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