Information Governance
Warwick Hospital
Lakin Road
Warwick
CV34 5BW

Tel: 01926 495321
Email: [South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust request email]

Dear Jackson Bates

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Freedom of Information request - Permanent and International Recruitment

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Information Governance
Warwick Hospital
Lakin Road
Warwick
CV34 5BW

Tel: 01926 495321
Email: [South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust request email]

Ref No:FOI/766
 
Dear Jackson Bates

 
Thank you for your request for Information under the Freedom of
Information Act.

Please see the response to your request below.

1. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international doctors
and if so which agencies were used? Yes, BDI & Remedium
2. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international nurses
and if so which agencies were used? Yes, My Locum
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. The
Trust recruited 60 International Nurses at a cost of £2,000 agency fee per
nurse.
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? Yes
7. What was the total permanent/international recruitment agency spend on
the beforementioned job roles? £120,000
8. What was your total temporary agency spend on the beforementioned job
roles? 

Agency and
Direct
Engagement
spend in
the 21/22
financial
year £000
Doctors £5,300
Nurses £8,509
AHP £800
Non
Medical,
Non
Clinical £1,100

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? We do not
have a lead in Procurement who deals with permanent/international
recruitment. This is dealt with by our Human Rescources Department - Matt
Clarson.

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Building, Warwick Hospital, Lakin Road, Warwick, CV34 5BW. 

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Kind regards,

FOI Team