Use of temporary Allied Health Professionals

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Dear Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust,

I would like to request that you provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:

How many of each of the following AHP professionals did you have working on a temporary (agency) basis on 1st September 2014?

- Dieticians
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Speech and Language therapists
- Imaging Professionals (e.g. Mammographers, Radiographers, Sonographers)

Please provide the number of agency workers in each of the 5 individual categories.

Yours faithfully,

Rob Parker

FOIA (RTH) OUH,

Our reference:  FOI:2633
 
Dear Mr Parker
 

Thank you for your request of 19th September in which you asked for information about our use of AHP's

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Dr Tom Mansfield
Freedom of Information Officer
Information Governance Team
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FOIA (RTH) OUH,

Dear Mr Parker,

 

I am writing to respond to your request sent 19th September. OUH can
confirm that it holds the data that you requested.

Number of AHP professionals working through Bank and Agency on 1st
September 2014

                

Agency Workers on 1st Contracted
Category September 2014 Staff in
Post*
Dieticians 0 0
Occupational Therapists <5 96
Physiotherapists <5 199
Speech and Language therapists 0 0
Imaging Professionals 18 319

*Please note that this number does not reflect the total number of staff
on shift this day but reflects the size of the workforce to provide
context for the agency figures provided.

 

Please note that on 1 November 2011 the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS
Trust (ORH) merged with the Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (NOC)
to form the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH). Our response
reflects these changes. Therefore, we consider that Oxford University
Hospitals Trust has released to you all of the information that it holds
in relation to your request.

In order to comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Act we
have redacted numbers to “<5” where numbers in a particular group are less
than 5.  This is to reduce the possibility of any individual being
identifiable from this information or by combining it with information
that may already be in the public domain.  

 

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Tom Mansfield

Freedom of Information Officer

Information Governance Team

John Radcliffe Hospital | Headley Way | Oxford| OX3 9DU

Tel: 01865 226911 

 

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