Allied Health Professionals

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Dear North Somerset Council,

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

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,
• Speech / Language Professionals.

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

Yours faithfully,

Helen Jones

Elsa Heath, North Somerset Council

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Dear Ms Jones

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Kind Regards

Elsa Heath
Information Governance Trainee
CSU
North Somerset Council

Tel:                01934 634609
E-Mail:          [1][email address]
Post:             Town Hall, Walliscote Grove Road, Weston-super-Mare,
BS23 1UJ
Web:           [2]www.n-somerset.gov.uk

 

Dear Ms Jones
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 9 July 2015.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Lynsey Wilson
Support Services Contract Monitoring Officer
North Somerset Council
Tel: 01275 885117
Email: [email address]
Web: [3]www.n-somerset.gov.uk
 

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