Payroll Software

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Dear North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing to make a Freedom of Information Request regarding the payroll software used at your organisation and its functionality. Please complete the FOI questions below for each system used at your organisation for each of the following worker types, indicating which worker type each system pays:
Substantive
Bank
Temporary

1. Name of third-party payroll software
2. Contract start date with supplier (dd/mm/yy)
3. Contract end date with supplier (dd/mm/yy)
4. Annual cost of the payroll software in 19/20?
5. Did the organisation use a framework to procure the supplier? If yes, please state the name of the framework used
6. Which staffing groups does the payroll software process e.g. Medical, Nursing & Healthcare Assistants, Allied Health Professionals, Admin & Clerical
7. What is the frequency of your payroll? E.g. Weekly, Monthly
8. What is the average monthly number of staff processed per payroll in the last 12 months?
9. Does the payroll software integrate with ESR (Electronic Staff Record)?
10. Does the payroll software have an API integration that allows data transfer between the payroll system and NEST Pensions?
11. Does the payroll software have an API integration that allows data transfer between the payroll system and NHS Pensions?
12. What other third party systems does the payroll software integrate with? E.g. rostering system, HR systems etc.
13. Does the software offer functionality to support Pension Caps?
14. Is your payroll managed
A) In-house
B) Partly outsourced
C) Fully managed/fully outsourced"
15. Please state the name of your payroll service supplier

Yours faithfully,
Michael Vine

Audrey Turnbull, North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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I attach our acknowledgement of your FOI request.

 

Audrey Turnbull
Governor Support Officer | Chief Executive’s Directorate

 

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Karen Greenacre, North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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Please find attached response letter to your Freedom of Information
request.

 

 

 

Karen Greenacre
Governor Support Officer | Chief Executive’s Directorate

 

Direct Line: 0191 430 2036  
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Bernicia House | Goldcrest Way | Newburn Riverside Business Park
Newcastle Upon Tyne | NE15 8NY | 0191 430 2000
Unmatched quality of care every time we touch lives

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responsibility or liability for the contents of this email or any changes
made after the original email. Any views or opinions presented are solely
those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the North
East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust unless otherwise specifically
stated. If you are not the intended recipient (or responsible for
delivery) of this email and its attachments, please notify the sender and
delete the email and any copies made. The confidentiality of this email
cannot be guaranteed unless the contents are exempt from the FOI Act 2000.

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Dear Karen Greenacre,

Many thanks for your response. Please could you clarify which worker types (substantive, bank, temporary) ESR is used to pay? Are any other suppliers used to pay any of your staff?

Additionally, as you outsource you payroll to Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, what was the annual cost of this service in 19/20 and the contract start and end dates?

Yours sincerely,

Michael

Karen Greenacre, North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

I will return to work on Monday 8 March 2021.  For any urgent matters,
please contact Audrey Turnbull ([email address]).

The North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust accepts no
responsibility or liability for the contents of this email or any changes
made after the original email. Any views or opinions presented are solely
those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the North
East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust unless otherwise specifically
stated. If you are not the intended recipient (or responsible for
delivery) of this email and its attachments, please notify the sender and
delete the email and any copies made. The confidentiality of this email
cannot be guaranteed unless the contents are exempt from the FOI Act 2000.

Audrey Turnbull, North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

I have forwarded your query to my colleagues in Financial Services and am
awaiting their response.

 

Regards

 

Audrey Turnbull
Governor Support Officer | Chief Executive’s Directorate

 

Direct Line: 0191 430 2036  (please note I am currently working from home
and do not have direct access to answer this line, but can pick up
voicemails)
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Bernicia House | Goldcrest Way | Newburn Riverside Business Park
Newcastle Upon Tyne | NE15 8NY | 0191 430 2000
Unmatched quality of care every time we touch lives

CQC rated good
[1]www.neas.nhs.uk | [2]Twitter: @NEAmbulance | [3]Facebook:
North-East-Ambulance-Service

 

 

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