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Dear Tim

 

Further to your email dated 19^th May 2024, please find the Trust’s
response below.  Your request has been allocated the following reference:
01/FOI/24/001193, please could you quote this reference in any future
correspondence with the Trust.

 

I would like to request the following information

 

- Could you please outline the number of resignations that have occurred over the period from 1st January 2021 to present date.

 

- Please include all staff grades/positions and where possible provide a reason for the resignation if known e.g. moving to a different position, retiring, resigning, etc.

 

- In particular I would like you to provide the numbers of staff that have left the Emergency Operations Centres (EOC) in this period. This means to outline both the staff that have left the EOC to mean leaving the service completely, or moving to a different role.

 

- Please also outline how many staff have left the service for health reasons.

 

Please note:

·        We are only able to provide leavers information.  We have determined that to locate and collate details of employees moving between directorates would take over the 18 hour limit laid down in the Freedom of Information Act.  We are therefore applying exemption s.12 to this data.  Please see below the data we can provide for this request.

• Please note that to safeguard the data protection rights of our staff,
the Trust does not release exact figures where this is less than 5. 
We are applying exemption s.40 of the Freedom of Information Act to
this data.

 

Data Range:  January 2021 to May 2024

 

Q1 - Total number of Voluntary  
resignations from Jan 2021 to May 2024
Function Total FTE Leavers
                        
A&E 1,086.63
                               
ASO 33.27
                            
EOC 274.91
                            
OSE 117.68
                            
PTS 233.18
                            
SS 206.81
Grand                         
Total 1,952.47

 

Q2 - Please include all staff grades/positions and where possible  
provide a reason for the resignation if known e.g. moving to a
different position, retiring, resigning, etc.
Leaving Reason Category Pay Band Job Role Total
Ambulance Care Assistant or
Patient Transport Service
Voluntary Resignation Band 2 Driver 17.38
  Clerical Worker 23.84
  Control Assistant <5
  Driver 6.00
       
Ambulance Care Assistant or
Patient Transport Service
  Band 3 Driver 108.35
Assistant or Associate
  Practitioner <5
  Call Operator 20.25
  Clerical Worker 63.48
  Control Assistant <5
  Driver <5
  Emergency Call Handler 31.84
  Emergency Care Assistant 131.64
  Emergency Medical Dispatcher 98.24
  Health Care Support Worker 8.00
  Healthcare Assistant <5
  Support Worker 52.51
  Urgent Care Assistant 7.00
  Urgent Care Practitioner 14.31
       
Assistant or Associate
  Band 4 Practitioner 34.00
  Call Operator 5.50
  Clerical Worker <5
  Control Assistant <5
  Emergency Call Handler <5
  Emergency Medical Dispatcher 53.44
  Officer 20.32
  Supervisor 12.00
  Support Worker <5
  Technician 143.33
       
  Band 5 Accountant <5
  Analyst 5.52
  Clerical Worker <5
  Emergency Medical Dispatcher 12.64
  Mechanic 12.00
  Officer 22.73
  Paramedic 150.50
  Student Paramedic 10.53
  Technician 90.22
  Trainee Practitioner 14.76
       
  Band 6 Accountant <5
  Chargehand <5
  Clerical Worker 5.00
  Emergency Care Practitioner <5
  Manager 6.00
  Officer 11.80
  Paramedic 396.33
Paramedic Specialist
  Practitioner <5
Specialist Nurse
  Practitioner 7.69
  Supervisor <5
  Technical Instructor <5
       
  Band 7 Advanced Practitioner <5
  Adviser <5
  Call Operator <5
  Clerical Worker 10.50
  Manager 49.85
  Officer <5
  Paramedic <5
  Paramedic Manager 19.40
Paramedic Specialist
  Practitioner 15.95
  Technician <5
       
  Band 8a Manager 23.00
  Officer <5
  Paramedic Manager <5
  Senior Manager <5
       
  Band 8b Manager 9.72
       
  Band 8c Manager 8.00
  Senior Manager <5
       
  Band 8d Manager <5
  Senior Manager <5
       
  Band 9 Senior Manager <5
       
Ambulance Care Assistant or
Personal Patient Transport Service
  Salary Driver <5
  Chief Executive <5
  Clinical Director - Medical <5
  Manager <5
  Senior Manager <5
       
Voluntary Retirement Band 3 Clerical Worker <5
  Band 4 Technician <5
  Band 5 Technician <5
  Band 6 Paramedic <5
Paramedic Advanced
  Band 7 Practitioner <5
       
Ambulance Care Assistant or
Patient Transport Service
Retirement Band 2 Driver 10.14
  Clerical Worker <5
  Support Worker <5
       
Ambulance Care Assistant or
Patient Transport Service
  Band 3 Driver 12.43
  Call Operator <5
  Clerical Worker 11.22
  Emergency Care Assistant 12.68
  Emergency Medical Dispatcher <5
  Healthcare Assistant <5
  Support Worker <5
       
  Band 4 Call Operator <5
  Control Assistant <5
  Emergency Medical Dispatcher 5.45
  Officer <5
  Technician <5
       
  Band 5 Clerical Worker <5
  Emergency Medical Dispatcher <5
  Manager <5
  Officer <5
  Technician 16.04
       
  Band 6 Paramedic 34.20
Specialist Nurse
  Practitioner 1.00
       
  Band 7 Manager 8.00
  Paramedic Manager 13.61
Paramedic Specialist
  Practitioner <5
       
  Band 8a Manager <5
       
       
Grand Total     1,952.47

 

Q3 - In particular I would like you to provide the numbers of staff
that have left the Emergency Operations Centres (EOC) in this period.  
This means to outline both the staff that have left the EOC to mean
leaving the service completely, or moving to a different role.
 
Function: Emergency Operations Centres Only
Leaving Reason Category Pay Band Job Role Total
Voluntary Resignation Band 3 Call Operator <5
  Clerical Worker 6.82
  Emergency Call Handler 31.84
Emergency Medical
  Dispatcher 98.24
       
  Band 4 Call Operator <5
  Emergency Call Handler <5
Emergency Medical
  Dispatcher 53.44
  Officer 5.06
       
  Band 5 Clerical Worker <5
Emergency Medical
  Dispatcher 12.64
  Officer <5
       
  Band 6 Manager <5
  Paramedic 14.45
Paramedic Specialist
  Practitioner <5
Specialist Nurse
  Practitioner <5
       
  Band 7 Advanced Practitioner <5
  Call Operator <5
  Manager 5.00
  Officer <5
  Paramedic <5
  Paramedic Manager <5
Paramedic Specialist
  Practitioner <5
       
  Band 8a Manager <5
  Paramedic Manager <5
       
  Band 8c Manager <5
       
  Band 8d Senior Manager <5
       
       
Retirement Band 3 Clerical Worker <5
Emergency Medical
  Dispatcher <5
       
  Band 4 Call Operator <5
Emergency Medical
  Dispatcher 5.45
  Officer <5
       
Emergency Medical
  Band 5 Dispatcher <5
       
  Band 6 Paramedic <5
Specialist Nurse
  Practitioner <5
       
Paramedic Specialist
  Band 7 Practitioner <5
       
       
Grand Total     274.91

 

Q4 - Total number of leavers  
due to ill health
Total FTE
Function Leavers
A&E 61.71
EOC 41.34
OSE 8.17
PTS 16.33
SS 10.00
Grand Total 137.55

 

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From: Tim <[FOI #1131899 email]>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2024 9:43 AM
To: FOI <[East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Staff resignations FOIA

 

 

Dear East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust,

 

I would like to request the following information

 

- Could you please outline the number of resignations that have occurred over the period from 1st January 2021 to present date.

 

- Please include all staff grades/positions and where possible provide a reason for the resignation if known e.g. moving to a different position, retiring, resigning, etc.

 

- In particular I would like you to provide the numbers of staff that have left the Emergency Operations Centres (EOC) in this period. This means to outline both the staff that have left the EOC to mean leaving the service completely, or moving to a different role.

 

- Please also outline how many staff have left the service for health reasons.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Tim Cullen

 

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