Permanent and International Recruitment
Dear North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust,
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?
Please respond as soon as possible, thanks for your cooperation in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Jacob Johnson
Dear Jacob
Reference Number FOI 2022 - 806
Thank you for your request for information from North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
We anticipate being able to provide a response within the timescales allowed under the Act.
In the meantime if you have any questions regarding this request please contact us directly quoting the reference number above.
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1st April 2017 and comprises of Peterborough City Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Stamford & Rutland Hospital. The Trust also provides community clinics at Princess of Wales Hospital in Ely, Doddington Hospital and North Cambs Hospital in Wisbech. Further information is available via our website www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk.
Any future Freedom of Information requests should be addressed to North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust using the email address below.
Kind Regards
The Freedom of Information Team
Hinchingbrooke Hospital
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
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Dear Foiteam (NORTH WEST ANGLIA NHS FOUNDATION TRUST),
I would be grateful if you could please clarify whether I should expect a response from you or not.
Yours sincerely,
Jacob Johnson
Thank you for your email. We will contact the department involved in providing the requested information and will provide an update in due course.
Kind regards
FOI Team
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
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Ref: FOI/2022/806
Dear Jacob
Thank you for your enquiry under the Freedom of Information Act. Please
accept our apologies for the delay in providing your response which is
detailed below.
Requesters Questions and Trust Response:
1. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit
permanent/international doctors and if so which agencies were used?
We do not have an agreement but may go out to framework for hard to fill
roles
2. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit
permanent/international nurses and if so which agencies were used?
Yes MSI, CPL & NHSP
3. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit
permanent/international allied health professionals and if so which
agencies were used?
Yes - MSI but only offered
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.
Doctors - not recorded
Nurses = 214
Midwives = 7
AHPs = have made 4 offers but will not arrive until 2023
Costs are as per framework
6. Does your Trust intend to recruit the before mentioned job
roles on a permanent/international recruitment basis using an agency over
the next 12 months?
Most likely
7. What was the total permanent/international recruitment
agency spend on the before mentioned job roles?
Not recorded
8. What was your total temporary agency spend on the before
mentioned job roles?
Staff Group Agency spend for FY 01/04/21 – 31/03/22 (£)
Doctors 6,195,504
Nurses & HCA’s 8,761,345
AHP/HSS 1,258,626
Non-Medical, Non-Clinical 681,466
9. Do you have a central recruitment team or an international
recruitment lead?
Yes
10. The contact name of the person in charge of your procurement
department for dealing with permanent/international recruitment?
The Procurement Department can be contacted via email to: [1][email
address]
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust comprises of Peterborough City
Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Stamford & Rutland Hospital. The
Trust also provides community clinics at Princess of Wales Hospital in
Ely, Doddington Hospital and North Cambs Hospital in Wisbech. Further
information is available via our website [2]www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk.
If you disagree with our decision or are dissatisfied with how we have
dealt with your request in the first instance you may contact me on the
following email address [3][North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust request
email] to request an internal review.
Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome you have a right under s50
of the Freedom of Information Act to appeal against the decision by
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Phone: 0303 123 1113
Email: [4][email address]
Yours sincerely
FOI Team
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [5][North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust request email]
[6]www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk
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