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Salisbury NHS
Foundation Trust
Salisbury District
Hospital
Department of
Information Technology
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 8BJ

[1]www.salisbury.nhs.uk

6^th February 2024

Reference No: FOI_7689
Dear  Liam Porter
Regarding your request for information that we received on the 19^th January 2024,  we hope this
information is satisfactory and meets your intended request requirements. Should this information not
answer your questions, please contact us using the email address at the bottom of this email, or you
can write to us using the address above.
 
Question No. 1
Please provide your total spend on communications and public relations for the last three financial
year's (20/21,21/22,22/23). For each year I would like a breakdown containing the following
information:

a) Spend on communications and public relations activities.

b) Total number of communications and public relations employees.

c) Total salary cost for all communications and public relations employees
 
Answer No. 1
a) and c)
Total cost Pay costs
22-23 411,954 287,750
21-22 251,894 202,197
20-21 221,484 219,564

b) 20/21 - 4 employees, 21/22 - 5 employees, 22/23 - 5 employees.
 
 
Yours sincerely

Information Governance Team
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