Mental Health Agency Staff
Dear Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust,
1) Please can you confirm what your total spend on temporary Mental Health staff was during the financial year 2014-15 for the below specialisms?
Can you please break this financial information down by:
• Mental Health Nurse
• Learning Disabilities Nurse
• Psychologists
• Psychological wellbeing practitioner
• Psychotherapist
• Counsellor
• High Intensity Therapist
2) Please can you confirm the names of the organisation/s you procure temporary Mental Health staff from?
Please also confirm the end date of any over-arching contractual arrangements that are in place with any of these organisations.
To provide additional clarity on my request, ‘temporary Mental Health staff’ is to mean all persons who are mental health staff and are not on permanent contracts of employment with the Trust, but are supplied via employment agencies.
Yours faithfully,
Ian Smith
Hi Ian
Thank you for your enquiry. As per the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 you will be sent a response within twenty working days i.e. 8th July 2015.
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Regards
Sue Stone
Information Governance Specialist & RA Agent
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Phone: 01772 773799
[mobile number]
e-mail: [email address]
post address: Victoria House, Thornton Road, Morecambe, LA4 5QG
or Sceptre Point, Sceptre Way, Walton Summit, Bamber Bridge, Preston PR5 6AW
PLEASE NOTE: I am on leave 4th - 8th and 29th June 2015.
Hi Ian
The Trust response to your recent FOI request is as follows:
1. Agency spend
AGENCY STAFF - NURSING £ 646,650
AGENCY STAFF - P.A.M.'S £ 133,459
AGENCY STAFF - SCIENTIFIC £ 299,025
AGENCY STAFF - HCA & SUPPORT £ 2,952,295
2. Agencies used:
Carestaff
KeyCare
CRG
Ison
Medacs
Apex
Service Care
3. Contract end dates:
Contractual arrangements in place commenced on 5^th May 2015 for a 1 year
duration ending on 4^th May 2016
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Regards
Sue Stone
Information Governance Specialist & RA Agent
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Phone: 01772 773799
e-mail: [2][email address]
post address: Victoria House, Thornton Road, Morecambe, LA4 5QG
or Sceptre Point, Sceptre Way, Walton Summit,
Bamber Bridge, Preston PR5 6AW
PLEASE NOTE: I am on leave 29th June and 10th July 2015.
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