FOI_8258

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8258

Date Request Received: 06/11/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 27/11/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Doctor recruitment through external agencies

Request Category: Companies


Question Number 1: I’d like to obtain information in relation to Trust expenditure on doctor recruitment through external agencies during the 2023/24 financial year and 2024/25 financial year to date (05/11/24), via the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. How much did the Trust spend on agency locum doctors during the 2023/24 financial year? Can you please provide a breakdown of how much was spent per grade of doctor, specialty of doctor and the number of total hours booked in each specialty

Answer To Question 1: This information can be accessed on the Trust's website. https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/about-us/ Please look under the Freedom of Information tab - Temporary Staffing spend

Question Number 2: Can you please name which agencies provided the locum doctors relevant to the answer to my previous question (question 1) and the number of hours each agency provided?

Answer To Question 2: The Trust do not hold information at this level.

Question Number 3: How much did the Trust spend on agency fees/costs when recruiting doctors to fixed term or permanent contracts via external agency during each period (i.e. where an introductory fee was charged)? Can you please provide a breakdown of how much was spent per grade of doctor, specialty of doctor and the number of doctors successfully deployed.

Answer To Question 3: OD&P don’t track the spend because each Division will pay for the introduction fee – there isn’t one central pot for the funding of the introduction fee for medical recruited via agency.

Question Number 4: Can you please name which agencies provided the work/doctors outlined in question 3 and how many doctors each one has successfully provided to the Trust?

Answer To Question 4: OD&P don’t track this.

Question Number 5: Has the Trust conducted any overseas trips since 2022 to conduct recruitment activities for doctors? If yes, please state how much was spent on each separate visit, which agency was partnered with (if any) and how many doctors were successfully hired (and started in post at the hospital) as a result of each visit.

Answer To Question 5: No trips conducted.

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