Use of agency nurses

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Dear Swindon Borough Council,

Please can you provide the following information under the freedom of information act:

The number of qualified nurses working on a temporary (Agency) basis at the Council on 1st December 2014, divided into:

• RGN – Registered General Nurse
• RMN – Registered Mental Nurse
• RNLD – Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities

Please do not include bank staff.

Yours faithfully,

Rose Smith

Customer Services, Swindon Borough Council

Thank you for your email which has been forwarded to the FOI office for response.

Kind regards

Customer Services
Swindon Borough Council
Wat Tyler House
Swindon SN1 2JG
Phone: 01793 445500

E-mail: [Swindon Borough Council request email]
Website: www.swindon.gov.uk

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Sarah Lovegrove, Swindon Borough Council

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Dear Rose,
 
Ref:  - FOI Freedom of Information Request - 101000536499
 
Thank you for your email received in our office on  26^th January 2015
with the following request:
 
 
The number of qualified nurses working on a temporary (Agency) basis at
the Council on 1st December 2014, divided into:
 
•       RGN – Registered General Nurse
•       RMN – Registered Mental Nurse
•       RNLD – Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities
 
Please do not include bank staff.
 
At present we have no Agency staff with the above qualifications working
at Swindon Borough on or after the 1^st December.
 
However we do use agency RNLD qualified nursing staff on an ad hoc basis
to meet the needs of children with complex health needs. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received in relation to
your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review, you should
contact:
 
Customer Services
Civic Offices
Euclid Street
Swindon
Website: [2]www.[Swindon Borough Council request email]
 
The complaints/review procedure involves a full review and an examination
of all the information by the Council's Monitoring Officer. 
 
If you are not content with the outcome of our conclusion, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner's Office for a decision, before
contacting the Council. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless
you have exhausted the Council's own complaints procedure.
 
The Information Officer can be contacted at :
 
The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
 
Email: [3][email address]
Tel: 01625 545700 (ask for Freedom of Information)
 
 
 
 
 
 
If you require any further information concerning this matter, please
contact me as detailed, quoting the above reference number in any future
communications.
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Nicola Houwayek
Head of People and Development
 
 
 
Kind regards
Sarah Lovegrove
HRFR Co-ordinator
 
[4][email address]
01793 464343
HR First Response telephone helpdesk is available Monday-Thursday 8.30am –
5.00 pm and 8.30am – 4.00pm Friday’
 
 
 

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Sarah Lovegrove, Swindon Borough Council

Hi

Please find SBC FOI response for a Rose Smith in the email below.

If this is undelivered. - Please accept this email as my response to your FOI request which arrived in our office on the 26th January 2015.

Kind regards
Sarah Lovegrove
HRFR Senior Administrator
[email address]
01793 464343
HR First Response telephone helpdesk is available Monday-Thursday 8.30am – 5.00 pm and 8.30am – 4.00pm Friday’

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