Emergency care assistant holding pool
Dear South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust,
Please can you confirm how many individuals are currently being held in the waiting pool for job allocation and approximate time frames for placing these individuals into roles.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs S. Furbear
Dear Mrs Furbear
Thank you for your request for information regarding ECAs which we
received on 29/8/19
We will deal with this request in accordance with your right of access to
information we hold under the Freedom of Information Act and I attach a
leaflet containing further information about both your rights and our
obligations under this legislation. You will see from this that we are not
obliged to generate information we do not already hold in order to provide
what we are asked for, such as by collating data or formulating direct
answers to questions, but you are entitled to receive copies of records
(or extracts from them) that contain the information you have requested.
We will research the information you have requested and we will respond
providing what we hold no later than 26/9/19 in accordance with the
timescales set by the Act.
We will inform you if:
a) We are unable to provide you with any of the information you have
requested, and explain the reason for this; and
b) Any fee that is payable for the information we are able to provide.
In the meantime, if you have any queries or require clarification on any
aspect of your request or how we will respond, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Kind regards
Clare Lunk | Assistant Information Governance Manager
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
[1]cid:[email address]
Direct Line 01392 261 603
Web [2]www.swast.nhs.uk
E-Mail [3][email address]
Abbey Court, Eagle Way, Exeter EX2 7HY
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Dear Mrs Furbear
In case the formatting below does not display properly on the ‘What Do
They Know’ website please see attached PDF.
I refer to our acknowledgement on 30/9/19 in respect of your request for
information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. We
are able to provide the following information:
Information requested Trust response
Please can you confirm how many At the time of writing (September
individuals are currently being held 2019) there were 120 candidates in
in the waiting pool for job the ECA holding pool.
allocation (ECA job role) and
approximate time frames for placing
these individuals into roles.
Unfortunately we are unable to give
approximate time frames as to how
long individuals wait to be placed
into roles - it is dependent on a
number of factors e.g. which areas
they have listed as preferences
versus which areas we have vacancies
in etc. All efforts are however made
to place candidates into suitable
posts as quickly as appropriate
opportunities arise.
If you are a member of staff we would
recommend you contact our HR
Department if you have any concerns
regarding the progress of post
allocation so that these can be
looked into on an individual basis.
Please note that, under the Re-use of Public Sector Information
Regulations, if you wish to publish or otherwise use this information
besides for your own means, you will need to seek our permission to do so.
Please feel free to contact me if you require further clarification of the
information provided, or to discuss any aspect of the way in which we have
responded to your request.
However, if you are dissatisfied with our response, you also have the
right to make use of the following complaints procedures:
In the first instance you may write to the Chief Executive of this Trust
Mr Ken Wenman
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Abbey Court
Eagle Way
Exeter EX2 7HY
Mr Wenman will then either make arrangements for your complaint to be
reviewed and for the outcome to be communicated to you, or will convene a
panel of Trust Directors to consider an appeal against a decision to
withhold information.
If you are unhappy with the response to your complaint, or findings of the
Panel, you can contact the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire. SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 700
Fax: 01625 524 510
Kind regards
Clare Lunk | Assistant Information Governance Manager
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
[1]cid:[email address]
Direct Line 01392 261 603
Web [2]www.swast.nhs.uk
E-Mail [3][email address]
Abbey Court, Eagle Way, Exeter EX2 7HY
References
Visible links
2. http://www.swast.nhs.uk/
3. mailto:[email address]
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