FOI_7947

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7947

Date Request Received: 21/05/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 17/06/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Agency spend

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: Please can you provide the below information: In the period 1st February 2024 to 30th April 2024 please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum doctors Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by: • Spend per grade • Spend per specialty • Spend per agency name

Answer To Question 1: Please see attachment answering all questions. The Trust do not have the breakdown by supplier by specialty, neither are the Trust able to identify which shifts were supplied by an off framework supplier. The Trust only use one off framework supplier - Health People. Please find attached details of invoices paid to Health people in the period, but due to difference in timings and accruals it is not possible to reconcile these invoices to the expenditure figures recorded in the ledger. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: FOI 7947.xlsx

Question Number 2: In the period of 1st February 2024 to 30th April 2024 please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with off-framework agencies for locums doctors Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by: • Spend per grade • Spend per specialty • Spend per agency name

Answer To Question 2: Please see attached spreadsheet

Question Number 3: In the period of 1st February 2024 to 30th April 2024 please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum doctors Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by: • Spend per grade • Spend per specialty • Spend per internal or associated external provider

Answer To Question 3: Please see attached spreadsheet

Question Number 4: Please confirm your allocated budget for agency locum doctors for the period 1st February 2024 to 30th April 2024.

Answer To Question 4: Please see attached spreadsheet
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