Bank Workforce & VMS Arrangements

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Dear University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust,

In relation to your Healthcare Agency supply of Temporary Workers could you please provide the answers to the following questions in the below table:
1. Do you have a Master Vendor or Neutral Vendor arrangement in place?
2. If yes, who is your current Master Vendor or Neutral Vendor Provider and which disciplines do they supply?
3. What fill rates are achieved with your Master Vendor or Neutral Vendor Provider in the various disciplines?
4. Are you charged a fee for the service and if so, what is the cost?
5. What is the expiry date for your current contract/contracts?

Staffing Provision MV or NV Provider Fill Rates % Service Fee Contract Expiry Date
General Nursing
Theatres (Nursing)
Healthcare Assistants
RMN’s (Where applicable)
Doctors (All specialisms)
Non-Medical, Non-Clinical
ENP/ANP

In relation to your Bank workforce expenditure please could you provide answers to the following questions:
1. Do you use any external/3rd parties to manage your bank workforce?
2. If so, please provide the name of the provider and contract start and end dates.
3. Which bank software do you use and how long are you in contract with them?
Please can you ensure that responses are replied to in line with the governance of freedom of information requests.
Thank you very much for your time and effort.

Yours faithfully,

Mr M H Green

FreedomOfInformation, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr M Green,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your e-mail dated 5^th October
2020, requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
regarding staffing.

                          

We will endeavour to respond to your request within the twenty working day
timescale requirement set by the FOI Act (by 3^rd November 2020). We will
tell you whether the Trust holds the information you have requested, and
we will contact you as soon as possible if for some reason we are delayed
in our response or if we require further information from you in order to
complete your request.

 

Please note: When calculating whether time and costs exemptions may apply,
this request will be aggregated with the request you made a few days ago
 - FOI 6949 – [[email address]]

 

With regards,

 

Freedom of Information Officer

Corporate Affairs

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

 

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FreedomOfInformation, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr M Green,

 

We are in the process of collating the information for your recent Freedom
of Information request regarding staffing, but need some clarification in
order to proceed. Could you please answer the following questions in
relation to the request you have made:

 

·         Please clarify what question is being asked in question 5 of
your request, as you have a clear question but have then also added random
words unconnected to the question with no explanation?

 

Your request is currently ‘on hold’. Please provide the above
clarification as soon as possible. Under the terms of the FOI Act, we will
have 20 working days from the date clarification is received to complete
your request.

 

If we do not hear from you by 3^rd November 2020 we will assume the
information is no longer required and close our file.

 

 

Yours

 

Freedom of Information Officer

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

 

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