Usage of Non-medical Non-clinical Ancillary Temporary Agency Staff

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Dear Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust,

Please could you provide the following information for calendar year January to December 2018 and also for calendar year 2019 from January year to date:

1. Non-medical Non-clinical Ancillary temporary staff Job roles/titles supplied by Agencies
2. Total spend on this labour pool split into categories organised by job title
3. Agencies engaged to supply said labour pool and the associated spend with each Agency individually detailed
4. Names of Hiring Managers and departments who are utilising Non-medical Non-clinical Ancillary Temporary Agency Staff

By “Non-medical Non-clinical Ancillary Temporary Agency Staff” I am particularly referring to the use of temporary Porters, Cleaners, Catering Staff, Drivers, Laundry Operatives, Storekeepers, Housekeepers and such like.

Please provide this information in Excel format.

Yours faithfully,

Mike Gater

SWBH-GM-FOIREQUESTS (SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Dear Mike,

Freedom of Information request ref: F19/0438

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SWBH-GM-FOIREQUESTS (SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dear Mike,

 

Freedom of Information request ref: F19/0438

 

Thank you for your freedom of information request received on 19 November
2019 by the Trust.

 

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted to locate
information relevant to your request and I can confirm that the
information you have requested is held by Sandwell and West Birmingham
Hospitals NHS Trust and is detailed below:

 

1.                   Non-medical Non-clinical Ancillary temporary staff
Job roles/titles supplied by Agencies

Response: We do not use agencies

2.                   Total spend on this labour pool split into categories
organised by job title

Response: Not applicable

3.                   Agencies engaged to supply said labour pool and the
associated spend with each Agency individually detailed

 

Response: Not Applicable

 

4.                   Names of Hiring Managers and departments who are
utilising Non-medical Non-clinical Ancillary Temporary Agency Staff

 

Response: We do not use any of the staff groups

 

I hope that the information provided in this email answers your query.
However, if you are dissatisfied with the response please contact the
Trust in the first instance with the details of your complaint so the
Trust can conduct an internal review. Please address such requests to
[1][Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust request email] or in writing to Kam Dhami, Director
of Governance, Trust Headquarters, Sandwell Hospital, Lyndon, West
Bromwich, B71 4HJ. Alternatively, if you remain unhappy with the outcome
you can appeal directly to the Information  Commissioner at the following
address: [2]www.ico.gov.uk

 

Kind regards

 

Mohammed Islam

Freedom of Information

 

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+    Trust Headquarters, Health and Wellbeing Centre, Sandwell General
Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich B71 4HJ

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Dear Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust,

 

Please could you provide the following information for calendar year
January to December 2018 and also for calendar year 2019 from January year
to date:

 

1.            Non-medical Non-clinical Ancillary temporary staff Job
roles/titles supplied by Agencies

2.            Total spend on this labour pool split into categories
organised by job title

3.            Agencies engaged to supply said labour pool and the
associated spend with each Agency individually detailed

4.            Names of Hiring Managers and departments who are utilising
Non-medical Non-clinical Ancillary Temporary Agency Staff

 

By “Non-medical Non-clinical Ancillary Temporary Agency Staff” I am
particularly referring to the use of temporary Porters, Cleaners, Catering
Staff, Drivers, Laundry Operatives, Storekeepers, Housekeepers and such
like.

 

Please provide this information in Excel format.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Mike Gater

 

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