Thank you for contacting the Freedom Of Information (FOI) mailbox at the
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, we acknowledge receipt of
your email in the mailbox.

We are not currently able to immediately check or process your message. We
will respond to you at the earliest opportunity and apologise for any
inconvenience.

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Freedom of Information Request – Acknowledgement

Our ref: 23-05 JK240424

Dear Jake,

We acknowledge your Freedom of Information (FoI) Act request received by
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) NHS Trust on 24 April 2024.

We will review your request and provide a response by 23 May 2024 in line
with the 20 working days statutory timeframe. If we require any
clarification in any aspects of your request, we will endeavour to contact
you.

Please quote the reference number above in all future correspondence
concerning this request.

Regards

FOI Team

Lolu Adeniji

Pronouns: (he/him/his)

Interim Information Governance Compliance Officer

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

Brockley Hill | Stanmore | Middlesex | HA7 4LP

www.rnoh.nhs.uk

@RNOHnhs

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FOI (ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL NHS TRUST) would like to recall the message, "Freedom of Information request - Physiotherapist Agency Use. Ref: 23-05 JK240424".

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Freedom of Information Request – Acknowledgement

Our ref: 23-05 JK240424

Dear Jake,

We acknowledge your Freedom of Information (FoI) Act request received by
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) NHS Trust on 24 April 2024.

We will review your request and provide a response by 23 May 2024 in line
with the 20 working days statutory timeframe. If we require any
clarification in any aspects of your request, we will endeavour to contact
you.

Please quote the reference number above in all future correspondence
concerning this request.

Regards

FOI Team

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Freedom of Information Request – Acknowledgement

Our ref: 23-05 JK240424

Dear Jake,

Please see below response to you FOI request.

1)          Have you ever used agencies to recruit locum physiotherapists?

Response: Yes

2)          Please confirm your agency spend on locum physiotherapists
from May 2023 to April 2024 (or your most recently recorded 12-month
period)

3)          Response: £295,410.

4)          The name or contact details of the person/team responsible for
the recruitment of physiotherapists.

Response:

Response: - The information is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2)
of the FOI Act because it constitutes personally identifiable information
of other living individuals.

Section 40(1) personal data of others of the Freedom of Information Act
2000 states:

(1)    Any information to which a request for information relates is
exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant
is the data subject.

(2)    Any information to which a request for information relates is also
exempt information if—

a)       it constitutes personal data which does not fall within
subsection (1), and

b)      the first, second or third condition below is satisfied:

The first condition is that the disclosure of the information to a member
of the public otherwise than under the Act:

a)       would contravene any of the data protection principles under
Article of UK GDPR, or

b)      would do so if the exemptions in section 24(1) of the Data
Protection Act 2018 (manual unstructured data held by public authorities)
were disregarded.

The second condition is that the disclosure of the information to a member
of the public otherwise than under the Act would contravene Article 21 of
UK GDPR (general processing: right to object to processing).

The third condition is that:

a)       on a request under Article 15(1) of UK GDPR (general processing:
right of access by the data subject) for access to personal data, the
information would be withheld in reliance on provision made by or under
section 15, 16 or 26 of, or Schedule 2, 3 or 4 to, the Data Protection Act
2018, or

b)      on a request under section 45(1)(b) of that Act (law enforcement
processing: right of access by the data subject), the information would be
withheld in reliance on subsection (4) of that section.

Section 3(2) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA”) defines “personal
data” as “any information relating to an identified or identifiable living
individual”. The “processing” of such information includes “disclosure by
transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available” (s.3(4)(d)
DPA), and so includes disclosure under FOIA.

Section 40 (2) is an absolute exemption and there is no requirement to
consider the public interest.

Complaints

We hope this information is helpful but if you are unhappy with the
service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a
complaint or request a review, you should write to the Information
Governance Team at either [1][Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust request email] or, by post at Royal
National Orthopaedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4LP
within 40 days of the date of this letter.

If you are not content with the outcome of an internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the ICO for a decision. The ICO can be
contacted at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, or via their website:
[2]https://ico.org.uk/.

Generally, the ICO will not undertake a review or make a decision on a
request until the internal review process has been completed.

Kind Regards,

Information Governance Team

From: FOI (ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL NHS TRUST)
<[Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust request email]>
Sent: 25 April 2024 10:05
To: Jake Johnson <[FOI #1122138 email]>
Cc: FOI (ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL NHS TRUST)
<[Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust request email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Physiotherapist Agency Use.
Ref: 23-05 JK240424

Freedom of Information Request – Acknowledgement

Our ref: 23-05 JK240424

Dear Jake,

We acknowledge your Freedom of Information (FoI) Act request received by
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) NHS Trust on 24 April 2024.

We will review your request and provide a response by 23 May 2024 in line
with the 20 working days statutory timeframe. If we require any
clarification in any aspects of your request, we will endeavour to contact
you.

Please quote the reference number above in all future correspondence
concerning this request.

Regards

FOI Team

Lolu Adeniji

Pronouns: (he/him/his)

Interim Information Governance Compliance Officer

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

Brockley Hill | Stanmore | Middlesex | HA7 4LP

[3]www.rnoh.nhs.uk

@RNOHnhs

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