Information Governance
Medical Directorate
NHS Grampian
Rosehill House
Foresterhill Site
Cornhill Road
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZG
BY EMAIL
Date 18 August 2022
Jacob Johnson
Our Ref
FOI/2022/489
request-880813-
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Dear Mr Johnson
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 I refer to your e-mail dated 21 July 2022, requesting:
“Please could you 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 used agencies to recruit permanent/international nurses and if so
which agencies were used?
3.
Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international allied health
professionals and if so which agencies were used?
4.
Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international non-medical non-
clinical staff and if so which agencies were used?
5.
Please provide 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 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 total permanent/international recruitment agency spend on the
beforementioned job roles?
8.
What was your total temporary agency spend on the beforementioned job roles?
9.
Do you have a central recruitment team or an international recruitment lead?
10.
The contact name of the person in charge of your procurement department for
dealing with permanent/international recruitment?”
I can now respond as follows:
Please could you 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?
No.
2. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international nurses and if
so which agencies were used?
Yes, Sanctuary.
3. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international allied health
professionals and if so which agencies were used?
No.
4. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international non-medical
non-clinical staff and if so which agencies were used?
No.
5. Please provide 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.
Sanctuary have been engaged to recruit 40 nurses at a cost of £134,400.
6. Does your Trust intend to recruit the beforementioned job roles on a
permanent/international recruitment basis using an agency over the next
12 months?
There is no commitment to recruiting to roles via further permanent international
recruitment currently.
7. What was the total permanent/international recruitment agency spend on the
beforementioned job roles?
£134,400.
8. What was your total temporary agency spend on the beforementioned job
roles?
For 2021/22 total agency spend excluding international recruitment costs was
£13.0m Medical and Dental, £4.6m Nursing, £0.4m AHPs, £0.2m Non Medical /
Non Clinical Staff.
9. Do you have a central recruitment team or an international recruitment lead?
NHS Grampian have a central recruitment team who support recruitment across
all staff groups.
10. The contact name of the person in charge of your procurement department
for dealing with permanent/international recruitment?
Procurement are not responsible for permanent or international recruitment.
They do provide procurement support for all procurement activities. NHS
Grampian does not release the names of junior staff members; s.38(1)(b) of the
Act refers – Personal information of a third party.
Under section 20 (1) of the Act, if you are dissatisfied with the way NHS Grampian has
dealt with your request, you have a right to request a review of our actions and decisions
in relation to your request, and you have a right to appeal to the Scottish Information
Commissioner.
A request for review must be made within 40 working days and should, in the first
instance, be in writing to: Directorate of Corporate Communications, Foresterhill House,
Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZB or by email to
xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxxx
Requests for appeal can be made by using the Scottish Information Commissioner’s online
service a
t www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal or should be made in writing to: Scottish
Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16
9DS Telephone: 01334 464610, Fax: 01334 464611.
If you remain dissatisfied following an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner
your recourse is to the Court of Session on a point of law.
Yours sincerely
Roohi Bains
Information Governance Manager & Deputy DPO
NHS Grampian
