Dear Kevin,

FOI ref: 2024/2154

Thank you for your request for information dated 09/11/2024.

We will consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You should receive a response within 20 working days - in this case, by 09/12/2024. Please be aware, the information you have requested may not be disclosed to you if it is exempt.

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• your request (in full or in part) needs be transferred to another public authority to obtain the information you have requested

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Yours sincerely

Alice Wakefield
Freedom of Information Team
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7SR
Website: http://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/

Email: [email address]

From: Kevin Merton <[FOI #1201512 email]>
Sent: Saturday, November 9, 2024 10:36 PM
To: IG (PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST) <[Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Psychiatry Agency Locums

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Dear Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust,

In relation to your supply of locum Psychiatrists for each grade and sub-specialty per month, please could you provide the answers to the requests below for the following periods?

i. Financial year 2022/2023
ii. Financial year 2023/2024
iii. April - September 2024

1. Please confirm the total number of vacancy requirements given out to framework and non-framework agencies for each agency
2. Please confirm the total number of shifts given out to framework and non-framework agencies for each agency
3. Please confirm the total number of agency locum doctors working per month, for each agency supplier divided between on and off framework.
4. Please confirm the total number of hours worked by agency locum doctors per month, for each agency supplier divided between on and off framework.
5. Please confirm the total number of unfilled vacancies (excluding locum filled posts) per month.

Thank you for considering my request.

Yours faithfully,

Kevin Merton

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Good afternoon Kevin

FOI ref: 2024/2154

Further to your email below, I can now respond to your request.

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted within Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) to locate the requested information and I can confirm that the information requested is held by the Trust.

Please find the attached

Complaint Rights

Your attention is drawn to the details below, which outline your right of complaint.

For information regarding how we will handle your personal data as part of our FOI process, please see the following address – https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/foi. If you require a printed copy, please let us know

Should you have any further queries concerning this matter, please email, write or contact the team on telephone number 0161 716 3147 quoting the reference number above.

Yours sincerely

Sarah Doherty-Browne

Freedom of Information Team
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7SR
Website: http://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/

Email: [email address]

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You have the right to request the Trust review their decision. However, please be advised, as per the Freedom of Information Code of Practice (2018), the Trust is not obliged to undertake a formal internal review on any complaints received 40 working days after the date of response. If a request for internal review is received after 40 working days, the Trust may not accept your request for formal review, but will take steps to assist you.

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Complaints should be made in writing and addressed:
The Head of Information Governance
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7SR

If email is prefered, complaints may be sent to [email address].

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