Internal Reference Number: FOI_8358
Date Request Received: 06/01/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 07/01/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: NHS medical staffing
Request Category: Companies
Question Number 1: I am writing a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you kindly answer the following questions below: - If it is possible, please provide the information in an excel format. Between January 2020 – December 2024 has your trust contracted with any of the following organisations: Litmus UK Medacs Healthcare Global Medics | |
Answer To Question 1: The Trust has only contracted with Medacs Healthcare within these timeframes | |
Question Number 2: 2. If yes, for each organisation: a) What was the total spend per year? b) What were the pay rates for staff provided by these agencies per year (please provide a range)? c)How many individual shifts have been filled by doctors from those agencies | |
Answer To Question 2: a) 2021/22 = £78,636 2022/23 = £239,060 2023/24 = £269,430 b) We paid a recruitment fee per person, so normal agency pay rates do not apply. c) Medacs were used as a recruitment agency, not a locum agency, so no shifts were filled. | |
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