Information Governance Team
Our ref: SH/nb/FOI 2561
30th July 2024
By Email: <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Dear Ms Hamill
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST
Your request for information regarding agency staffing and spend in the Southern Health
& Social Care Trust has now been considered and a response is enclosed.
If you are unhappy as to how this request has been handled, you should write to
Dr Catherine Weaver, Head of Information Governance, the FOI lead for the Trust. You
have the right to seek a review within the Trust in the first instance.
If, after receiving a response, you remain unhappy, you can refer your complaint to the
Information Commissioner at The Information Commissioner’s office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF. It is important to note that if you refer any matter to
the Information Commissioner, you will need to show evidence of having gone through
the Trust’s review procedure to try to resolve the matter with the Trust in the first instance.
If you have any queries or concerns then please contact Information Governance at the
following address:
Southern Health & Social Care Trust
Ferndale
Bannvale Site
10 Moyallen Road
Gilford
BT63 5JX
Tel: 028 37 561458
Email:
xxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx
Yours sincerely
SENT ELECTRONICALLY – NOT SIGNED
Siobhan Hynds
Deputy Director of HR Services
Information Governance Department, Closed Records Store, St Luke’s Hospital Site, Loughgall Road, Armagh,
BT61 7NQ
Email
: xxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx TEL: 02837567262
SOUTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST 2561
REQUEST
Could you please send this information identifying Consultant Doctors (Medical
and Surgical) Agency Spend:
1. Please confirm how many shifts were sent out for agencies to fill (per month)
between March 2023 – March 2024 by discipline, i.e. General, A&E, ITU,
Paediatrics?
Unfortunately, the number of shifts sent to agencies to fill per month by
discipline is not recorded by the Trust and therefore this information cannot be
provided.
2. Please confirm how many of these shifts were filled by agencies per month for
the same time span as detailed in question 1. (Please can this be broken down
per agency)
Agency
Monthly Overview
Used
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar-
Mar-23
-23
-23
-23
-23
-23
-23
-23
-23
-23
-24
-24
24
Bond
3
6
11
1
7
1
1
2
2
2
3
Direct
10
64
65
50
49
69
64
71
53
68
50
56
38
Medics
1
ID
4
2
2
3
2
3
Medical
Interact
3
5
12
6
7
Medical
Locum
10
16
15
20
20
22
8
9
11
18
27
7
6
Link
Locum
3
1
1
1
People
National
26
23
7
7
1
5
Locums
NC
Healthcar
12
19
26
16
21
15
20
17
13
29
22
19
23
e
35
TLS
219
228
279
242
196
227
240
198
224
162
163
172
4
Information Governance Department, Closed Records Store, St Luke’s Hospital Site, Loughgall Road, Armagh,
BT61 7NQ
Email
: xxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx TEL: 02837567262
3. Please confirm how many shifts throughout the timescale detailed in question
1 were filled by off-framework agencies? Can this also be broken down per
month?
Agency
Monthly Overview
Used
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
-23
-23
-23
-23
-23
-23
-23
-23
-23
-23
-24
-24
-24
Athona
1
7
2
DRC
2
Locums
Global
4
1
54
6
2
3
11
5
9
6
3
17
13
Medics IE
Global
2
2
1
Medics UK
Healthcare
Resource
5
2
11
Company
Medicircle
8
6
5
2
7
6
5
1
5
9
3
3
5
Mediteam
3
1
5
2
1
1
2
5
Nutrix
16
9
12
8
10
23
29
27
29
33
29
23
22
PE Global
12
9
7
11
10
5
12
10
9
10
5
9
Resuscitate
17
13
Surgi-Call
69
34
54
28
46
41
77
97
102
96
46
45
49
Information Governance Department, Closed Records Store, St Luke’s Hospital Site, Loughgall Road, Armagh,
BT61 7NQ
Email
: xxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx TEL: 02837567262
4. Between March 2023 – March 2024, what was the trust spend per month, for each
agency supplier
Consultant Doctors (Medical and Surgical) Agency Spend per Month March-23 - March-24 inclusive.
Agency Name
Mar-23
Apr-23
May-23
Jun-23
Jul-23
Aug-23
Sep-23
Oct-23
Nov-23
Dec-23
Jan-24
Feb-24
Mar-24
DIRECT MEDICS LIMITED
£296,988 £348,588
£279,072
£258,796
£159,247 £133,486
£78,069 £184,166
£224,114 £203,955
£76,900
£45,200
£309,530
THE LOCUM SPECIALISTS
£82,630 £136,066
£271,030
£139,731
£278,283 £176,572 £199,470 £174,902
£290,437
£91,755 £194,904 £210,531
£334,354
ID MEDICAL GROUP
£87,155 £158,665
£95,516
£191,750
£237,368 £213,161 £224,566 £109,521
£236,166 £135,511 £183,140
£86,025
£183,042
MEDITEAM
£23,086
£17,315
£42,458
£10,800
£157,562
£70,943
£44,215 £119,518
£88,947
£57,894
£82,830
£75,645
£187,682
SURGI CALL LOCUMS HSBC
£60,940
£88,566
£110,938
£122,217
£82,389
£11,892
£50,968
£42,802
£48,209
£78,519 £114,574
£18,498
£48,298
CARE LOCUMS
£64,962
£49,975
£22,660
£22,776
£28,769
£35,959
£23,973
£23,973
£35,961
£26,372
£23,974
£17,981
NC HEALTHCARE LIMITED
£27,857
£33,247
£32,906
£29,383
£17,247
£4,874
£15,924
£62,176
£22,998
£26,478
£12,911
£14,979
£34,529
LOCUMLINK SOLUTIONS LTD
£22,838
£16,620
£15,150
£32,900
£20,012
£31,883
£10,854
£21,617
£19,333
£11,532
£33,579
£18,485
£28,717
LOCUM VISION
£26,429
£10,814
£29,199
£14,059
£15,140
£44,339
£43,258
£27,036
£21,629
£27,036
TOTAL TALENT MANAGEMENT
£57,103
£22,568
£36,665
£44,123
£25,765
£10,010
£14,116
£9,625
£12,448
£6,737
£4,363
£10,651
VENTURE PARTNERSHIP LTD
£13,028
£10,830
£22,680
£16,200
£8,701
£24,855
£17,993
£17,333
£26,736
£13,006
£16,246
£17,656
£36,811
NUTRIX PERSONNEL LTD
£585
£14,073
£455
£21,093
£390
£13,813
£5,400
£35,558
£44,051
£34,621
£30,028
MEDILINK CONSULTING
£11,740
£12,987
£12,180
£24,727
£21,132
£8,218
£24,654
£16,436
£16,436
£16,436
£12,034
£21,572
APEX MEDICAL LOCUMS LIMITED
£3,036
£14,170
£41,497
£10,121
£20,580
£18,758
£13,293
£15,182
£36,437
£10,121
SPECIALIST MED
£18,909
£12,709
£37,198
£24,798
£17,049
£30,998
GLOBAL MEDICS IRL LIMITED
£16,640
£26,130
£35,393
£7,508
£17,485
£15,275
£15,373
£1,755
INTERACT MEDICAL
£17,024
£14,063
£18,467
£9,539
£28,893
£23,726
£13,820
DRC LOCUMS LTD
£10,125
£10,800
£38,543
£27,068
£21,600
£16,200
NATIONAL LOCUMS LTD
£5,658
£11,199
£7,234
£23,263
£3,514
£3,294
£3,216
£8,951
£4,999
£5,985
MEDIHELP CLINICAL SERVICES
£22,071
£54,870
ATHONA LTD
£6,360
£35,616
£19,080
MEDSOL CO IGF INVOICE FINANCE LTD
£27,000
£25,920
£5,400
PERTEMPS MEDICAL
£6,336
£22,938
£0
£594
£10,494
FRESH RECRUITMENT LIMITED
£12,837
£12,219
LOCUM PEOPLE
£21,735
CHARTERHOUSE MEDICAL UK LTD
£8,563
A AND E AGENCY
£5,434
Grand Total
£806,585 £962,216 £1,013,645 £1,003,227 £1,125,225 £744,038 £742,929 £877,137 £1,126,085 £832,899 £966,781 £767,729 £1,444,795
Note: These agency amounts are derived from paid invoice’s in the 13 month period from March 2023 to March 2024 inclusive.
Information Governance Department, Closed Records Store, St Luke’s Hospital Site, Loughgall Road, Armagh,
BT61 7NQ
Email
: xxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx TEL: 02837567262
