Sunday 05 May 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_6781
Date Request Received: 15/09/2022 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 12/10/2022 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Bank and Agency staff
Request Category: Health
| Question Number 1: Are Bank colleagues paid top of band for bank working or does bank pay fall in-line with Agenda for change guidelines i.e. at band point pay? (If this varies between specialisms please give detail about variation) | |
| Answer To Question 1: Bank colleagues are paid in line with AfC | |
| Question Number 2: Are bank colleagues engaged on employee contracts or worker agreements? | |
| Answer To Question 2: Bank workers contracts | |
| Question Number 3: Are there any monetary incentivisation or reward schemes in operation for Bank colleagues that aim to tackle staffing shortages? | |
| Answer To Question 3: Yes | |
| Question Number 4: Please give detail of the above scheme/s by answering the following points; How much is offered per shift? How are payments distributed and authorised within the trust? Does the scheme/s have any eligibility criteria? Is the scheme/s operational all year round or do you only offer incentivisation/reward at times of great need i.e. winter pressures? Is this a formal scheme or it is at the discretion of senior management to offer incentivisation as required? | |
| Answer To Question 4: Allocation on Arrival scheme, with £5 enhancement to basic rate: and generic daily rate based on Saturday enhancement rate for Monday to Friday, applied to registered and health care assistants including maternity: authorisation by line managers and data forwarded to payroll for processing. Scheme restricted and reviewed depending on need. Primary length was 3 months. Formal authorisation process in place with eligibility and Key performance indicators for activation of incentives, all require Executive approval | |
| Question Number 5: How many shifts in the financial years 19/20, 20/21, 21/22 received monetary reward/incentivisation? | |
| Answer To Question 5: No data available | |
| Question Number 6: How much did the trust spend on incentivisation/reward in the above years? | |
| Answer To Question 6: 2019/20 - £54k 2020/21 - £277k 2021/22 - £1,025k | |
| Question Number 7: Are there any non-monetary incentivisation/reward schemes in operation in the trust for bank working that aim to increase staffing levels at times of need? | |
| Answer To Question 7: None | |
| Question Number 8: If answered yes to the above please give detail of the scheme? | |
| Answer To Question 8: Not applicable | |
| Question Number 9: Have the monetary and/or non-monetary schemes positively impacted bank fill rates during times of use? (Please provide data to support) | |
| Answer To Question 9: No clear evidence available | |
| Question Number 10: Do you operate weekly, monthly or other (please state) pay schedules for bank colleagues? | |
| Answer To Question 10: Weekly | |
| Question Number 11: Please provide data, by month, for the amount of bank, agency and unfilled shifts during financial years 19/20, 20/21, 21/22 for the below specialisms; Registered Nursing Healthcare Assistants Medical & Dental Allied Health Professionals Healthcare Support Administration & Clerical | |
| Answer To Question 11: Data unavailable for any meaningful comparison due to bed reconfiguration, demands etc. | |
| Question Number 12: Please provide spend information, by month, for bank and agency for financial years 19/20, 20/21, 21/22 for the below specialisms; Registered Nursing Healthcare Assistants Medical & Dental Allied Health Professionals Healthcare Support Administration & Clerical | |
| Answer To Question 12: The information held by the Trust is contained on the attached spreadsheet To accompany this answer to question 12 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 6781.xlsx | |
| Question Number 13: Does the trust operate an agency tiering system in-line with NHSE agency cap guidelines, to include the 50% cap? | |
| Answer To Question 13: Yes | |
| Question Number 14: If answered yes to above please give brief detail as to how this operates? | |
| Answer To Question 14: Escalation process in 3 week then 24 hrs and less than 12 hr requirement for agency requests | |
| Question Number 15: Does the trust have a central team that manage temporary staffing or does the trust have a vendor arrangement or is this managed in another way (please give detail)? | |
| Answer To Question 15: Central Team | |
| Question Number 16: If answered yes to above, does this team include a clinical colleague who has line-management responsibilities over bank colleagues? | |
| Answer To Question 16: Temporary Staffing manager is professional registrant for bank only workers not dual staff with substantive contract. | |
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