Monday 05 May 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8462
Date Request Received: 13/02/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 16/04/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Medical temporary staffing supply and Associated costs -Medical
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Medical temporary staffing supply Do you manage your Medical Workforce Bank Internally? – Yes/No | |
| Answer To Question 1: Yes | |
| Question Number 2: If Yes to the question 1 above, do you manage your Medical workforce bank internally using specialist bank technology e.g. Patchwork, NHS Professionals, Locums Nest, Liaison, Allocate? Please specify which one? If Yes to the above questions is it actively used? | |
| Answer To Question 2: Locums Nest, yes | |
| Question Number 3: Do you outsource the management of your Medical workforce bank? – Yes/No | |
| Answer To Question 3: No | |
| Question Number 4: If Yes to the above question 3, can you confirm the supplier managing it for you? | |
| Answer To Question 4: N/A | |
| Question Number 5: Do you use Direct Engagement? | |
| Answer To Question 5: Yes | |
| Question Number 6: 6. If Yes to the above question 5, can you confirm the supplier managing it for you? And can you specify the staff groups and if it is bank or agency? | |
| Answer To Question 6: ID Medical – medical, AHP, HCS and non medical non clinical – agency | |
| Question Number 7: What is your total Bank and agency hours for the Financial Year 2023/2024? | |
| Answer To Question 7: 799,978 | |
| Question Number 8: Does your Trust have any doctors that work on the bank via a LTD company? | |
| Answer To Question 8: No | |
| Question Number 9: Associated costs -Medical Please confirm the charges that you pay to your technology provider for use of their system. e.g. Patchwork, NHS Professionals, Locums Nest, Liaison, Allocate? (in the last Financial Year 2023/2024) | |
| Answer To Question 9: Spend with Locums Nest in 2023/24 was £71,946 incl. VAT | |
| Question Number 10: Can you confirm how you are charged eg per hour, fixed fee, percentage? And what the fees are? | |
| Answer To Question 10: Annual fee for use of the service, see Q9 | |
| Question Number 11: Please confirm the charges you pay your managed service provider for Medical Workforce? e.g. Patchwork, NHS Professionals, Locums Nest, Liaison, Allocate? (if applicable, in the last Financial Year 2023/2024) | |
| Answer To Question 11: Unable to answer, no response to email sent 26.03.2025 requesting guidance on Q11. | |
| Question Number 12: Can you confirm how you are charged for managed service? eg per hour, fixed fee or percentage? | |
| Answer To Question 12: Unable to answer, no response to email sent 26.03.2025 requesting guidance on Q12. | |
| Question Number 13: Please confirm the roster system provider used for your medical workforce? Eg Liaison, RL Datix etc | |
| Answer To Question 13: Allocate | |
| Question Number 14: Please confirm charges that you pay to your technology provider for Direct Engagement? Eg per hour fixed fee, percentage | |
| Answer To Question 14: The costs for the technological aspect of the contract with ID Medical are built into the overarching charges, so this isn't possible to separate out | |
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