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Tuesday 22 October 2024
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_7346

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7346

Date Request Received: 02/08/2023 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 14/08/2023 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Nursing agency usage

Request Category: Companies

 
Question Number 1:
(a) Who is the head of procurement at Salisbury NHSFT responsible for approving Nursing agency usage?

(b) Secondly, who is the temporary / flexible staffing lead responsible for the management of this service at Salisbury NHSFT ?
 
Answer To Question 1:
a. Procurement do not approve agency use – we source the contractual agreements but have no authority over whether they are used or not.

b. Sharon Holt - Human Resources Manager
 
Question Number 2:
Please can you provide the contact number and email address in relation to both question 1 (a) and (b)
 
Answer To Question 2:
a) not applicable

b) Sharon.holt5@nhs.net 01722 336 262
 
Question Number 3:
Have you used Off-framework nursing agency staff in the last 2 months at Salisbury NHSFT ?
 
Answer To Question 3:
Yes
 
Question Number 4:
How much was your Off-Framework agency spend for each of the following staff groups between January 2022 – April 2022

(a) RGN’s

(b) Chemotherapy Nurses

(c) RMN

(d) Specialist RN (ITU)

(e) Specialist RN (A&E)

(f) Community Psychiatric nurse
 
Answer To Question 4:
We are unable to break down off framework spend into these categories, but off framework invoices dated during 1 Jan 22 - 30 April 22 totalled £687k
 
Question Number 5:
Following the same breakdown of staff groups in Question 4, how many Off-framework shifts have been unfilled between April 2023 – July 2023?
 
Answer To Question 5:
None / Zero
 
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