Medical Agency Cascade
Dear Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
In relation to your supply of medical (doctor) temporary workers, please could you provide the answers to the following questions?
1) Which locum/staffing agencies have you engaged to be part of your medical (doctors) agency cascade? Please provide the names of the agencies split into the relevant tiers. If you do not use a tier system, please explain how vacancies are cascaded with agencies.
2) Please provide a breakdown of the proportion of medical (doctor) locum hours booked through each of these tiers for the last three years. If this is not available, please provide a breakdown of the proportion of medical (doctor) locum spend incurred through each of these tiers for the last three years. If only recent years are available, please provide what you have.
3) What is the protocol for releasing medical (doctor) vacancies to each of your tiers?
4) When are the current arrangements relating to your agency cascade in place until?
Yours faithfully,
James King
Dear Mr King,
I acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of Information
(FOI) Act, and you can expect the Trust’s response on or by 02/04/2021.
Yours sincerely,
IG/FOI Coordinator
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Kempston Rd | Bedford | MK42 9DJ
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From: Burnett Donna (RC9) Luton & Dunstable Hospital FT
<[Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust request email]>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 8:58 AM
To: FOIBEDFORDSHIREHOSPITALS (BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST)
<[email address]>; FOILeads (RC9) Luton &
Dunstable Hospital FT <[email address]>
Subject: FW: Freedom of Information request - Medical Agency Cascade
Donna Burnett
Trust Board Secretary
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tel: 07812 493447
Visit: [1]www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk
Advance notice of annual leave: 22nd – 26th March
Dear FOIBEDFORDSHIREHOSPITALS (BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST),
Thank you for acknowledging our FOI response. We understand that due to the COVID-19 pandemic your response to this request will have been delayed, however it has been far longer than the standard 20 working days for you to provide the information requested.
Could you provide an estimate to when this request will be completed?
Yours sincerely,
James King
Good morning
FOI 470...Please accept the team's apologies for the delay in providing a
response. We hope to have this out to you as soon as possible.
If you no longer require this information, please let me know.
Thank you for your patience.
Kind Regards
FOI Team
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From: FOIBEDFORDSHIREHOSPITALS (BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST)
<[email address]>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 4:59 PM
To: [FOI #737867 email]
<[FOI #737867 email]>
Subject: Response 470: Freedom of Information request - Medical Agency
Cascade
Dear Mr King,
I acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of Information
(FOI) Act, and you can expect the Trust’s response on or by 02/04/2021.
Yours sincerely,
IG/FOI Coordinator
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Kempston Rd | Bedford | MK42 9DJ
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From: Burnett Donna (RC9) Luton & Dunstable Hospital FT
<[Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust request email]>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 8:58 AM
To: FOIBEDFORDSHIREHOSPITALS (BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST)
<[email address]>; FOILeads (RC9) Luton &
Dunstable Hospital FT <[email address]>
Subject: FW: Freedom of Information request - Medical Agency Cascade
Donna Burnett
Trust Board Secretary
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tel: 07812 493447
Visit: [1]www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk
Advance notice of annual leave: 22nd – 26th March
Good morning
FOI 470....Please accept the team's sincere apologies for the long delay
in providing a response.
Kind Regards
FOI Team
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From: FOIBEDFORDSHIREHOSPITALS (BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST)
<[email address]>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 4:59 PM
To: [FOI #737867 email]
<[FOI #737867 email]>
Subject: Response 470: Freedom of Information request - Medical Agency
Cascade
Dear Mr King,
I acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of Information
(FOI) Act, and you can expect the Trust’s response on or by 02/04/2021.
Yours sincerely,
IG/FOI Coordinator
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Kempston Rd | Bedford | MK42 9DJ
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Burnett Donna (RC9) Luton & Dunstable Hospital FT
<[Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust request email]>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 8:58 AM
To: FOIBEDFORDSHIREHOSPITALS (BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST)
<[email address]>; FOILeads (RC9) Luton &
Dunstable Hospital FT <[email address]>
Subject: FW: Freedom of Information request - Medical Agency Cascade
Donna Burnett
Trust Board Secretary
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tel: 07812 493447
Visit: [1]www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk
Advance notice of annual leave: 22nd – 26th March
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