Friday 20 March 2026
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9130
Date Request Received: 06/01/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 13/03/2026 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Bank Shift and staffing
Request Category: Campaigning organisation
| Question Number 1: I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Bank Shift Activity Please see attached | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please note that all temporary staffing costs for the period can be found on the FOI section of the Trust website. - https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/about-us/ To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 9130 Q1.docx | |
| Question Number 2: Bank Provider Costs & Safer Staffing Levels Please see attached | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see attached information - please note These are the core RN and HCA’s agreed for each inpatient area/ED – some additional roles support these numbers, such as Practice educator roles, ACP’s, Supervisory leaders along with Ward Assistants and Admin roles’. Over the last 4 years wards have undergone changes to their locations and specialities/patient groups and would have resulted in some core changes to nursing levels. To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below: FOI 9130 Q2.docx Safe staffing SOP for FOI.pdf Ward templates FOI - Core nursing levels April 2023.pdf Ward templates FOI - Core Nursing levels April 24.pdf Ward templates FOI - Core nursing levels April 25.pdf | |
| Question Number 3: Safer Staffing Non-Compliance Please see attached | |
| Answer To Question 3: After clarification received from the requestor - It is the number of occasions staffing levels were not met (unfilled shifts) Please find the response attached - To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below: FOI 9130 - Q3.pdf | |
| Question Number 4: Requirements for Requesting Bank Shifts Please see attached | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see attached To accompany this answer to question 4 please also see the documents listed below: approval-process-for-bank-requests-exc-nurse-medical-v3-nov-25.docx authorisation-request-for-breakglass-rn-rm-and-rmn-version-2-august-2024-1.docx Bank and Agency Use Policy Version 3 August 2024.docx escalation-breakglass-process-for-rn-rm-and-rmn-band-5-version-1-july-2024.docx FOI 9130 Q4.docx Inpatient Nursing- Process Flow For Bank Approval.pdf Policy for use of Bank and Agency version 2 revised March 2021.docx temporary-staffing-bank-request-form-version-1-oct-25.docx trust-rota-coordinator-escalation-process-for-all-doctors-and-consultants-version-1-14-august-2024.docx | |
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