University Hospital
Clifford Bridge Road
Walsgrave
Coventry
CV2 2DX

Direct Line: 024 76968771
www.uhcw.nhs.uk

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University Hospital
Clifford Bridge Road
Walsgrave
Coventry
CV2 2DX

Direct Line: 024 76968771
www.uhcw.nhs.uk

Our Ref: FOI/1913
Date: 12th October 2022

By email only

Dear Requester

We write further to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act received 4th July 2022.  We have set out your request,
together with our response below. 

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? - Yes, BDI Resourcing
2. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international nurses
and if so which agencies were used? - ID Medical
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. 

118 Nurses

13 Midwives

Using the placement rate per recruit of £2250, so 118 x £2250 = £265500
for nurses, 13 x £2250 = £29250 for midwives

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? 131 x £2250= £294,750 for Midwives and
nurses together
8. What was your total temporary agency spend on the beforementioned job
roles?  The total N&M agency for 2021-22 was £8,436,259
9. Do you have a central recruitment team or an international recruitment
lead? - Central recruitment team
10. The contact name of the person in charge of your procurement
department for dealing with permanent/international recruitment? - Amar
Bagwan. Director of Procurement

As we have provided the information that we do hold your request is now
closed.  We trust that this is satisfactory but if you are dissatisfied
with the way that it has been handled you have the right to ask for an
internal review.  Internal review requests should be submitted within two
months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and
should be addressed to: David Walsh, Director of Corporate Affairs,
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge
Road, Coventry CV2 2DX.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

Yours sincerely

Andrea Phillips
FOI & Access to Health Records Manager