Released 9 July 2024
Request:
- Who is the head of temporary staffing responsible for approving on-framework agency usage for Allied Health Professionals?
- Please provide the contact number and email address for the head of temporary staffing responsible for approving on-framework agency usage for AHPs
- Who are the departmental managers responsible for on-framework agency usage for the following departments at the hospitals associated with the Trust?
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Radiography
- Pathology (Biomedical Science)
- Please provide the contact number and email address for the department managers at the hospitals associated with the Trust.
- What was the Trust’s on-framework agency spend for the following staffing groups between Jan 2024 – present:
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Radiography
- Pathology (Biomedical Science)
6. Based on % fill ratio, please provide a list of your top 5 on-framework agencies supplying agency staff in the following staffing groups:
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Radiography
- Pathology (Biomedical Science)
Information disclosed:
1- 4. The booking of agency staff is managed centrally by our Temporary Staffing Office. It would be, therefore, inappropriate to contact our service leads directly about agency staffing opportunities in the Trust as they do not have the authority to make these bookings. As is the case for most NHS organisations, we are not of the view that it is appropriate to routinely release the names and contact details of our staff into the public domain through the FOIA. This is to safeguard our staff from companies that may misuse this information.
The names/contact details you are seeking are exempt under section 40(2) [personal information] exemption of the Act.
Should you wish to contact human resources with any questions about supplying staff or joining a framework, please email.
5. Please see the table below for information relevant to this question:
| Division | On-framework agency spend January 2024 to date |
|---|---|
| A: Physiotherapy | £1,112.36 |
| B: Occupational Therapy | £0.00 |
| C: Pharmacy | £0.00 |
| D: Radiography | £125,641.20 |
| E: Pathology (Biomedical Science) | £761.84 |
| Total | £1,874.20 |
6. Please note where there are fewer than five agencies indicated below, this is because we have not used more agencies than those listed. As agency AHPs are only used for difficult to fill vacancies the number of workers used is minimal.
6a. Physiotherapy:
Globe Locums Ltd, Maxxima ltd, RIG Medical Recruit Ltd, Sanctuary Personnel Ltd, The Placement Group Ltd
6b. Occupational therapy
Amare Healthcare, Tripod Partners, Your World Recruitment, Globe Locums Ltd
6c. Pharmacy:
Globe Locums Ltd, Your World Recruitment, Amare Healthcare, Blackstone Recruitment Ltd, Hunter AHP Resourcing Ltd
6d. Radiography:
MedicsPro Ltd, Globe Locums Ltd
6e. Pathology (Biomedical science):
Globe Locums Ltd, Your World Recruitment, Maxxima ltd, Pulse Healthcare Ltd