Internal Reference Number: FOI_7865
Date Request Received: 08/04/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 30/04/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: NHS Agency Workers
Request Category: Private Individuals
Question Number 1: For the financial years 22/23 and 23/24, how much did the trust spend on agency shifts for doctors (ranging from consultants to junior doctors), nurses and midwives? | |
Answer To Question 1: See attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: FOI 7865.xlsx | |
Question Number 2: For the same financial years, how many shifts did this represent? Please provide a breakdown of how many of these agency shifts were for doctors, how many were for nurses and how many were for midwives. | |
Answer To Question 2: Please see attached To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below: FOI 7865.xlsx | |
Question Number 3: Please detail how many of these shifts exceeded the maximum hourly rate of 55% above a worker's basic substantive pay rate | |
Answer To Question 3: Please see attached | |
Question Number 4: Of those shifts that exceeded the caps, please detail the cost of the most expensive shifts for an agency doctor, agency nurse and agency midwife. | |
Answer To Question 4: The most expensive shifts are as follows: 22.23 Dr £2,336 - Nurse £1,881 – Midwife £633 23.24 Dr £2,484 – Nurse £955 – Midwife £1,416 | |
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