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Hi Jackson

Thank-you for your email received on 21st July 2022 requesting information
which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act. Your
request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of this
Act. I can confirm that the Trust is holding records that are relevant to
your enquiry.

Request Response
Please could you No
provide the following
information under the
freedom of information
act covering the last
12 months:

1.      Has the Trust
used agencies to
recruit
permanent/international
doctors and if so which
agencies were used?
2.      Has the Trust Yes
used agencies to
recruit Yeovil District Hospital
permanent/international
nurses and if so which Medacs Healthcare
agencies were used?
3.      Has the Trust No
used agencies to
recruit
permanent/international
allied health
professionals and if so
which agencies were
used?
4.      Has the Trust No
used agencies to
recruit
permanent/international
non-medical
non-clinical staff and
if so which agencies
were used?
5.      Please provide 127 – Nurses: July 21 – June 22
a breakdown of the
number of staff placed
as result of
permanent/international
recruitment using
agencies split by;
doctors, nurses, allied
health professionals
and non-medical
non-clinical? Please
also provide the
associated costs broken
down in the same
format.
6.      Does your Trust Yes
intend to recruit the
beforementioned job
roles on a
permanent/international
recruitment basis using
an agency over the next
12 months?
7.      What was the £1,584,116 – Nurses: July 21 – June 22
total
permanent/international
recruitment agency
spend on the
beforementioned job
roles?
8.      What was your Positions recruited are all permanent
total temporary agency
spend on the
beforementioned job
roles?
9.      Do you have a International Recruitment Manager (Nurses)
central recruitment
team or an
international
recruitment lead?
10.     The contact [1]https://webserver.ruh-bath.nhs.uk/staff_...
name of the person in
charge of your
procurement department
for dealing with
permanent/international
recruitment?

I trust that this information provides you with a suitable response to
your enquiry. If not and you feel that your request has not been
satisfactorily answered, then the Trust has an internal review procedure
for dealing with complaints received under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 whereby your case is presented to the Chairman for an independent
review/decision.  Alternatively, you do have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office after any internal review procedure has
been exhausted. The Information Commissioners Office is an independent
body that enforces the Freedom of Information Act, the General Data
Protection Regulation and the Environmental Information regulations. The
address of the Information Commissioner is Information Commissioners
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,  Cheshire  SK9 5AF

If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
me again.

Julie Clark

FOI Co-ordinator

Information Governance

Health Informatics Service (E5)

Apley House

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG

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