Internal Reference Number: FOI_8284
Date Request Received: 12/11/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 26/11/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Temporary staffing spend
Request Category: Private Individuals
Question Number 1: Please disclose how much (total £) the trust has spent on on-framework agency, off-framework agency, and bank staff in the past four full financial years (2020/21; 2021/22; 2022/23; and 2023/24). In this instance, "on-framework" refers to organisations on NHS England's list of approved staffing providers. "Off-framework" refers to those who are not on this list but still provide services to trusts. The figures should pertain to totals in each financial year and overall since 1 April 2020 (i.e., the start of the 2020/21 financial year). If possible, please also disclose: 1. A breakdown by total for all three (i.e., £2m on "on-framework", £800k for "off-framework", £1.2m for bank) in each of the four financial years; and | |
Answer To Question 1: Total agency spend for the years 21-24 are on the Trust's website. Spend in 20-21 is on the attached file. The Trust do not record spend by agency. However, the attached file also includes details of invoices paid to of current off-framework framework agencies over the period. This should give a proxy of spend by year. Link to Trust website /about-us/ Under Freedom of Information - Temporary Staffing Spend To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: ![]() | |
Question Number 2: If available, the top three specialties by spend in each of the four financial years (e.g., gynaecology, dermatology, cardiology). | |
Answer To Question 2: Please see response to Q1 | |
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