FOI_6697

Internal Reference Number: FOI_6697

Date Request Received: 21/07/2022 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 08/08/2022 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Permanent and International Recruitment

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international doctors and if so which agencies were used?

Answer To Question 1: Yes - Remedium

Question Number 2: Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international nurses and if so which agencies were used?

Answer To Question 2: Yes, Medacs, RIG, MSI

Question Number 3: Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international allied health professionals and if so which agencies were used?

Answer To Question 3: Yes, Medacs

Question Number 4: Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international non-medical non-clinical staff and if so which agencies were used?

Answer To Question 4: Yes, EKIM, Harvey Nash

Question Number 5: Please provide a breakdown of the number of staff placed as result of permanent/international recruitment using agencies split by; doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and non-medical non-clinical? Please also provide the associated costs broken down in the same format.

Answer To Question 5: Information not held

Question Number 6: Does your Trust intend to recruit the before-mentioned job roles on a permanent/international recruitment basis using an agency over the next 12 months?

Answer To Question 6: Yes

Question Number 7: What was the total permanent/international recruitment agency spend on the before-mentioned job roles?

Answer To Question 7: 2021-22 £459k

Question Number 8: What was your total temporary agency spend on the beforementioned job roles?

Answer To Question 8: Total agency spend in 2021-22 was: Medical and dental £1,895k Nurses £2,946k Allied Health Professionals £430k Other Scientific, Therapeutic and Technical £648 Non Medical and non-clinical £1,816k

Question Number 9: Do you have a central recruitment team or an international recruitment lead?

Answer To Question 9: Yes

Question Number 10: The contact name of the person in charge of your procurement department for dealing with permanent/international recruitment?

Answer To Question 10: Kelly Willoughby

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