Wednesday 02 April 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8301
Date Request Received: 22/11/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 18/12/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Bank Pay Rates, Agency List, and Spending Details
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Bank Pay Rates: The pay rates for the workforce operating within Nursing, Midwifery, Theatres, and Mental Health, covering bands 2 to 8a. This can be the rate that all staff within the banding are paid or a minimum and maximum range, without specifying individual personnel. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Bank rates are based on the Agenda for Change payscale with an appropriate enhancement for annual leave earned on each shift. . | |
| Question Number 2: List of Agencies: A list of agencies that are on the supply chain for the Trust within the aforementioned areas. Please highlight if any of these agencies are not on the selected framework for the Trust. Additionally, please provide information on how the Trust manages and monitors these agencies, including the criteria and processes an agency must meet to qualify for inclusion in the supply chain. | |
| Answer To Question 2: Care Managers Ltd Day Webster Limited HG HEALTH LIMITED ID Medical Group Limited Locum Vision Limited Medlocums Recruitment Ltd Medsol Healthcare National Locums Ltd One Call 24 Limited Profad Care Agency Limited Total Assist Recruitment Limited Vivid Healthcare Your World Nursing | |
| Question Number 3: Spending Information: The total spending information for the period from January 2024 to November 2024. Please provide the spend on flexible staff as two separate categories: "Agency" and "Bank". | |
| Answer To Question 3: This information is on the Trust's website. https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/about-us/ Under Freedom of Information, Temporary staffing spend. | |
| Question Number 4: Agency Staff Rates: Details of any agency staff working above the NHSI rates for the region, as outlined in the NHS England price card - https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/price-card/ . Information required would be Discipline of worker, rate supplied at, department they work within, amount of shifts/hours worked within the Trust. | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see attached To accompany this answer to question 4 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 8301 Q4.xlsx | |
| Question Number 5: Agency Spend Management: Confirmation if the Trust uses any vendors to manage their agency spend, such as (but not limited to) NHSP, MSP, etc., or if the temporary recruitment is managed internally. | |
| Answer To Question 5: Nursing Agency is managed internally, all other Agency is managed by ID Medical. | |
| Question Number 6: Budget Control Contact: The contact details of the person or department within the Trust who controls the budget for agency spend. | |
| Answer To Question 6: Budget for agency spend is devolved to specialty and cost centre managers. | |
| Question Number 7: Procurement Process: Details on the procurement process for agencies to become approved suppliers for the Trust. This includes any application procedures, evaluation criteria, and timelines. | |
| Answer To Question 7: Requirements to add additional Suppliers to the list used by the Trust are reviewed on a case-by-case basis depending on the needs of the Trust. No formal Procurement process / methodology is currently in place to establish new suppliers outside of the current pool. | |
| Question Number 8: .Future Opportunities: Information on any upcoming opportunities or tenders for agency supply within the Trust. | |
| Answer To Question 8: No upcoming opportunities currently. SFT entered their new Preferred Supplier List ("PSL") in April. | |
| Question Number 9: Performance Metrics: Any performance metrics or KPIs that the Trust uses to evaluate agency staff. | |
| Answer To Question 9: Attached To accompany this answer to question 9 please also see the documents listed below: Q9 Key Performance Indicators - SFT - FINAL .xlsx | |
| Question Number 10: Onboarding Process: Information on the onboarding process for new agencies, and how they become a supplier to the Trust. | |
| Answer To Question 10: Requirements to add additional Suppliers to the list used by the Trust are reviewed on a case-by-case basis depending on the needs of the Trust. No formal Procurement process / methodology is currently in place to establish new suppliers outside of the current pool. | |
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