FOI_8042

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8042

Date Request Received: 11/07/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 23/07/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Nursing spend

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: In the period 1st January 2024 to 30th June 2024 please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum nurses Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by: • Spend per band • Spend per agency name

Answer To Question 1: Total agency nursing spend during the period is £1,308,458, including on and off framework. All band 5. The Trust do not capture the name of the agency on our finance system, nor whether the agency is off framework. Due to the nature of accruals it is not possible to identify spend by agency. However, we are able to identify that invoices totaling £15,899 from off framework agencies dated between 1.1.24 and 30.6.24 were paid. If we use this as a proxy for shifts worked during the period we estimate total on framework agency costs in the period to be £1,293k.

Question Number 2: In the period 1st January 2024 to 30th June 2024 please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with off framework agencies for locum nurses Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by: • Spend per band • Spend per agency name

Answer To Question 2: All band 5. From invoices paid in the period £4,974 were from Nutrix Personnel Ltd, and £10,925 were from Thornbury Nursing Services.

Question Number 3: In the period 1st January 2024 to 30th June 2024 please provide a breakdown of: • Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum nurses Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by: • Spend per band • Spend per agency name

Answer To Question 3: Please see attached file. All spend with internal bank. To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below: FOI 8042.xlsx

Question Number 4: Please confirm the total number of nursing shifts booked during this period (1st January 2024 to 30th June 2024)

Answer To Question 4: 3,186

Question Number 5: Please confirm the total number of nursing shifts booked above NHSE capped rates during this period (1st January 2024 to 30th June 2024)

Answer To Question 5: 2,182
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