FOI_8466

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8466

Date Request Received: 17/02/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 26/03/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Agency spend for Doctors

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: In the period 1st November 2024 to 31st January 2025 please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum doctors Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by: • Spend per grade • Spend per specialty • Spend per agency name

Answer To Question 1: Please see attachment for answers to Qs 1 and 3. We do not report on individual agency names. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: FOI 8466.xlsx

Question Number 2: In the period 1st November 2024 to 31st January 2025 please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with off-framework agencies for locums doctors Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by: • Spend per grade • Spend per specialty • Spend per agency name

Answer To Question 2: All spend in the period was with framework agencies.

Question Number 3:   In the period 1st November 2024 to 31st January 2025 please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum doctors Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by: • Spend per grade • Spend per specialty • Spend per internal or associated external provider

Answer To Question 3: Please see attachment

Question Number 4: Please confirm your allocated budget for agency locum doctors for the period 1st November 2024 to 31st January 2025

Answer To Question 4: £264k

Question Number 5: Please confirm the name of the framework used for the supply of locum doctors in your trust.

Answer To Question 5: Health Trust Europe Total Workforce Solutions 2 framework
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