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

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Kent Community Health NHS Foundation 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 (KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Ms Gora

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to a request, therefore we will aim to provide you with our response by 2 May 2023. However, please be advised that our resources have been diverted to support our front-line colleagues who are working tremendously hard to provide care for our patients, and to those in need of our services. As you can hopefully understand, this is resulting in delays responding to information requests. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding to your request and will respond as soon as we are able.

Should our response to your request breach the statutory timeframe and you remain unhappy with our response you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioners Office. The Information Commissioner’s offices will be closed for the foreseeable future, and are therefore unable to receive correspondence via post but can be contacted at https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

Should you need to contact us in the meantime, please quote reference number 2023.410.

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Team

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900

In accordance with GDPR Art. 6(1)(c) processing of your data by Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is necessary for compliance with its legal obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to you. Please refer to the “access to information” section available on our website: https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/about-us/acce...

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FOI (KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Ms Gora

                                                                        

With regard to your request for information via the Freedom of Information
Act 2000, please find attached our response.

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Team

 

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

The Oast, Hermitage Court

Hermitage Lane, Maidstone

Kent, ME16 9NT

01622 211900

 

In accordance with GDPR Art. 6(1)(c) processing of your data by Kent
Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is necessary for compliance with its
legal obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to
you. Please refer to the “access to information” section available on our
website: [1]https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/about-us/acce...

 

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