Dear Dario,

Many thanks for your email below requesting information from Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If you have any queries about this request, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

[name removed]
Paralegal
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Unit 8, The Point, Lions Way, Sleaford, NG34 8GG
Tel: 01529 222268
[mobile number]
Fax: 01529 222224 (NB this is a safe haven fax)
Email: [email address]

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Dear Dario,

Further to your Freedom of Information Request as per your original email below. Please find below Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust response:

The total spend on agency for 2012/13 was £1,445,696.60

The breakdown by agency for this is:

Agency A £1,060,595.99
Agency B £101,210.11
Agency C £59,698.52

Using the data on the Finance / HR shared file the number of locums used was:

Agency A 34
Agency B 1
Agency C 1

These invoices represent agency recruitment for Consultants, Specialty Doctors, Staff Grade & Junior Doctors.

I hope this information is helpful.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to: FOI Department, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Units 8 & 9, The Point, Lions Way, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 8GG. If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Kind regards
Sophie

Sophie Sidney
Acting Legal Secretary
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters
Unit 8
The Point
Lions Way
Sleaford
NG34 8GG

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