Freedom of Information request - Direct Engagement of Locum Staff using third parties

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Ms Siliang Tian MSc BA LLB

Dear Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust,

Freedom of Information request - Direct Engagement of Locum Staff using third parties

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would be interested in any information held by your organisation regarding my request. I understand that I do not have to specify particular files or documents and it is the departments responsibility to provide the information I require. If you need further clarification please contact me via this website (or email). I would like to request the following information:

1. Does your organization use a Direct Engagement scheme?
2. If so, who provides it? And when did you start using it?
3. Did you take external legal advice before entering into it and, if so, from whom did you take external legal advice?
4. What has your total locum/temporary staffing spend since you started using the scheme? If you started using the scheme before April 2017 please also state the total locum/temporary staffing spend since April 2017.
5. How does the third party direct engagement facilitator save you money on the agency spend? Please answer in short point form
6. How much has been paid to the third party direct engagement facilitator thus far?
7. Was this payment calculated as a percentage of the savings generated by employing the services of the third party direct engagement facilitator? If so, what percentage is this?

I would like the information to be provided by email or on this website in electronic form. If my request is denied in whole or in part I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the act. I will also expect you to release all non-exempt material. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information or to charge excessive fees. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request. I look

Yours faithfully,

Ms Siliang Tian MSc BA LLB

FOI (HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

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FOI (HUMBER TEACHING NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Ms Siliang Tian

Please find attached the response to your Freedom of Information Request. Sorry for the delay.

I trust my response has covered all the information which you requested.

To help us measure our performance in responding to Freedom of Information requests please complete the attached form and return it.

The information we have provided to you is copyrighted to the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust and provided to you free of charge for your personal use or for other specific uses permitted in the Copyright Act. If however you wish to use the information we have provided for any commercial purposes including the sale of the information to a third party then, under the Regulations on the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005, you must ask us for permission to do so in respect of each specific piece of such information. If we do grant such permission this may involve a licensing arrangement which may attract a fee.

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If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

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Yours sincerely

Information Governance and Legal Services

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