University Hospital
Clifford Bridge Road
Walsgrave
Coventry
CV2 2DX

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

Dear Requester

We acknowledge receipt of your email to UHCW:

Freedom of Information Request Form

If you have submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) your request will be considered and you will receive our response
within the statutory timescale of 20 working days.

The reference number for your email is FOI/2456.

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UHCW

 
University Hospital
Clifford Bridge Road
Walsgrave
Coventry
CV2 2DX

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

Our Ref: FOI/2456
Date: 14 March 2023

By email only

Dear Requester

We write further to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act received 10 February 2023.  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, or the most recent 12 month
period recorded:

1. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit temporary non-medical
non-clinical staff? Yes

1a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on non-medical non
clinical temporary staff? £1,264,478 in the 12 month period to 31 January
2022
1b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 1a, splitting
the spend by job title/specialism The job titles of agency workers is not
recorded, but the table below provides a breakdown of where the costs were
incurred

Specialty Total
Anaesthetics 7,508
Clinical Support Services Grp 2,363
Corporate Finance 96,536
Delivery 8,460
Emergency Medicine 3,909
Emergency Medicine Group 4,776
Human Resources 125,749
Information and Comms Tech 897,301
Medicine Group 64,081
Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1,764
Radiology Group 3,071
Research & Development 26,712
Strategy 5,368
Surgical Services Group 16,663
Transformation 216
Grand Total 1,264,478

2. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent non-medical
non-clinical staff? No
2a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on non-medical non
clinical permanent staff? - N/A
2b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 2a, splitting
the spend by job title/specialism - N/A

3. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with non-medical
non clinical permanent recruitment? Helen Atwell, Resourcing Manager

4. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with non-medical
non clinical temporary recruitment? Christina Adams, Temporary Staffing
Services Manager

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