Job Planning

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Dear King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act in relation to job Planning at your organisation, including information relating to your use of job planning and third-party suppliers.

Please complete the questions below-

1. Please fill in the below table to report which staffing groups have job plans assigned across the organisation and the % of organisation that has it rolled out (in this instance, please include all methods of job planning, whether that bee-forms, third party solutions, or paper based/excel) Staffing Group Job plans assigned?

Answer (Yes/No) % rolled out across the organisation
• Medical and Dental -
• AHPs (Allied Health Professionals) -
• Other (please specify) -

2. Does the organisation use an external supplier to manage job planning?

3. If so, which supplier does the organisation use?

4. What was your reason for selecting the job planning supplier? (for example, was it associated to price, functionality/quality or other NHS users)

5. What was the annual cost to the third party in 18/19?6. Please can you provide the contract start and end date?

7. Did the organisation procure the supplier via a framework? If so, which framework?

8. What % of the third-party job planning system has been rolled out across the trust?

9. Does the job planning system integrate with other third-party systems? (such as revalidation/appraisal, rostering ,training solutions or temporary staff management systems) If so, please list all systems

10. Has the organisation realised any quantifiable benefits from utilising the job planning system? For example, monetary savings, staff survey results etc

Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Yours faithfully,

Sam Lawrence

FOI (KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Sir/Madam,

  

I am writing to confirm receipt of your request’s under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act), dated  11thn January 2020. Please include
the FoI reference number given in the subject line of this email if
contacting the FoI office.

 

Under the Fees Regulations, we are permitted to aggregate requests from
the same applicant, received within 60 consecutive days of each other and
about the same or similar subject matter, in order to calculate costs
versus the appropriate limit under Section 12 of the Act.  We notice that
your requests are identical with the exception of the reference,
accordingly, we have aggregated your requests under the above Trust
reference (FOI 6488) to calculate costs. 

 

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You can find out more about the Act and other information resources
released by the Trust on our website at: [1]www.kch.nhs.uk

 

Kind Regards

 

Freedom of Information Officer

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS

020 3299 9000

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