For Medical Locums, Nursing and Allied Health Professionals (individually) please could you provide the below information:

Magda Gora made this Freedom of Information request to The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust,

• What is your current bank spend for the last 12 months?
• What is your current agency spend for the last 12 months?
• Do you have a Managed Bank Provider or a Bank System Provider? If so who is the Provider and what is the contract end date?
• What is your current fill rate for bank?
• Do you have a Master Vendor or Neutral Vendor provider? If so who is the Provider and what is the contract end date?
• What is your current fill rate for agency?
• Do you have a Direct Engagement Provider? If so who is the Provider, what is the fee and what is the contract end date?
• If you have Direct Engagement in place what is the current % uptake?

Yours faithfully,

Magda Gora

FOI (THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

FOI 23-175 Acknowledgment

Dear Magda

Thank you for your email received 17 April 2023. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 we are required to provide a response within 20 working days following the first working day of receipt.

You can expect to receive a response however on 16 May 2023 your request will be processed as soon as possible. We will advise you if we do not hold the information or if it falls within one of the exemptions laid down in the act.

Your request has been given the reference number FOI 23-175. Please use this in all future correspondence regarding this request.

We will contact you if we require any further clarification.

Kind regards

FOI team
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

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FOI (THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Dear Magda,

 

I am writing to confirm that the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has
now completed its search for the information which you requested on 17^th
April 2023 and can respond as follows:

 

What is your current bank spend for the last 12 months? 22/23 - £31.338m

•       What is your current agency spend for the last 12 months? 22/23 -
£16.098m

•       Do you have a Managed Bank Provider or a Bank System Provider? If
so who is the Provider and what is the contract end date? NHS
Professionals

•       What is your current fill rate for bank? 78.3%

•       Do you have a Master Vendor or Neutral Vendor provider? If so who
is the Provider and what is the contract end date? no

•       What is your current fill rate for agency? All others except
Medical - 7.1% /Medical – 67.56%

•       Do you have a Direct Engagement Provider? If so who is the
Provider, what is the fee and what is the contract end date?

Liaison, Exp: 31/08/23, For fee, we are unable to provide this information
as it would be commercially sensitive and therefore exempt under Section
43 of The Freedom of Information Act 2000.

•       If you have Direct Engagement in place what is the current %
uptake? 59.87%

 

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FOI Team

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

 

 

 

 

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