Locum agency money spend
Dear West London NHS Trust,
How much locum agency money has been spent in each of the following years -2018,2019,2020, 2021 so far on
1) consultant grade doctors ,
2) specialty doctors,
3) team managers,
4) community psychiatry nurses
5) mental health social workers
6) other allied professionals like Occupational therapists, Mental health support workers etc in Ealing Recovery West?
Please publish similar data for Ealing Recovery East, and Ealing Early Intervention Team.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Amit Mukherjee
Dear Dr Mukherjee,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request (our ref: 127). We will
aim to respond within 20 working days.
Kind regards,
[1]signature
FOI & SAR Officer
West London NHS Trust
Dear West London NHS Team,
You have breached the timescale response of 20 days to this request. You are breaking the law. Please respond asap.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Amit Mukherjee
Dear Mr Mukherjee
Apologies for the delay. I have asked the relevant team to send an update. As soon as I hear from them, I shall come back to you.
Kind regards
Nahida Rahman
Information Governance Facilitator
West London NHS Trust
Dear Dr Mukherjee,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request (our ref 127). Please
find below our response:
How much locum agency money has been spent in each of the following years
-2018,2019,2020, 2021 so far on
1) consultant grade doctors ,
2) specialty doctors,
3) team managers,
4) community psychiatry nurses
5) mental health social workers
6) other allied professionals like Occupational therapists, Mental health
support workers etc in Ealing Recovery West?
Please publish similar data for Ealing Recovery East, and Ealing Early
Intervention Team.
Response: Please find attached the file “FOI 127 - Medical, Ealing
Recovery and Ealing Eis.xlsx” with the data you requested.
If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal then please
let me know by writing to:
Information Governance Department
Trust Headquarters
1 Armstrong Way
Southall
UB2 4SD
Or alternatively, you can email: [1][email address]
Any complaints will be dealt with through our Internal Review procedure.
If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner using the following
contact details:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Thank you.
Kind regards,
[2]signature
FOI & SAR Officer
West London NHS Trust
Dear West London FOI team,
Please can you explain the data you have presented?
What are these codes?
1819
1920
2021
2122
And what is -9435 ?
Yours sincerely,
Dr Amit Mukherjee
Dr Mukherjee
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request (our ref: 334) received 14th Sep 2021. We will aim to respond within 20 working days.
Kind regards
Nahida Rahman
Information Governance Facilitator
West London NHS Trust
Dear WLNT FOI team,
Please note that this is NOT a new FOI request.
I am asking for clarification as your response is not clear.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Amit Mukherjee
Dear Dr Mukherjee
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request (our ref: 334/2021)
received 13 September 2021. We will aim to respond within 20 working days.
Please note that due to unforeseen circumstance arising from the COVID-19
global pandemic, the Trust may require extra time to complete your
request.
We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause you.
Please quote our reference above if you need to communicate with us at any
time.
Kind regards,
[1]signature
FOI & SAR Officer
West London NHS Trust
Dear West London NHS Trust,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of West London NHS Trust's handling of my FOI request 'Inpatient mental health bed closures'.
PLEASE SEE THE ICO DECISION BELOW:
Date: 21 July 2022
Public Authority: West London NHS Trust
Address: 1 Armstrong Way
Southall
UB2 4SD
Complainant: Dr Amit Mukherjee
Address: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Decision (including any steps ordered)
1. The complainant made 11 requests over the course of six months. West
London NHS Trust (“the Trust”) eventually refused all 11 requests as
vexatious.
2. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has failed to provide any
evidence to support its use of section 14(1) of FOIA.
3. The Commissioner requires the Trust to take the following steps to
ensure compliance with the legislation.
• Issue fresh responses, to all 11 requests identified in the annex to
this notice, that do not rely on section 14(1) of FOIA.
4. The Trust must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of
this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner
making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to
section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/i...
Please comply with the above decision notice and send me your response.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Amit Mukherjee
Dear Dr Mukherjee,
Thank you for your FOI request, Please see the responses below.
Dear West London FOI team,
Please can you explain the data you have presented?
What are these codes? – these are Financial years
18/19 (2018-2019)
19/20 (2019-2020)
20/21 (2020-2021)
21/22 (2021-2022)
And what is -9435? - this is a credit amount as its agency it might have
been an accrual reversing out.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Amit Mukherjee
If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal then please
let us know by writing to:
Information Governance
West London NHS Trust
Trust Headquarters
1 Armstrong Way
Southall
UB2 4SD
Email: [1][West London NHS Trust request email]
Any complaints will be dealt with through our Internal Review procedure.
If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner using the following
contact details:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Michelle
Michelle Benedetti
Information Governance Facilitator
West London Trust
1 Armstrong Way
Southall
Middlesex
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