
Internal Reference Number: FOI_7999
Date Request Received: 14/06/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 22/07/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: On framework agency
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Who is the head of temporary staffing responsible for approving on-framework agency usage for Allied Health Professionals? | |
| Answer To Question 1: The Trust has a contract in place with a managed service provider to source agency AHP workers. | |
| Question Number 2: Please provide the contact number and email address for the head of temporary staffing responsible for approving on-framework agency usage for AHPs | |
| Answer To Question 2: Sharon Holt 01722 336262 ext 5629 sharon.holt5@nhs.net | |
| Question Number 3: 3. Who are the departmental managers responsible for on-framework agency usage for the following departments at the hospitals associated with the Trust? A: Physiotherapy B: Occupational Therapy C: Pharmacy D: Radiography E: Pathology (Biomedical Science) | |
| Answer To Question 3: The use of on-framework agency is managed through the managed service provider contract. | |
| Question Number 4: Please provide the contact number and email address for the department managers at the hospitals associated with the Trust. | |
| Answer To Question 4: The use of on-framework agency is managed through the managed service provider contract. | |
| Question Number 5: What was the Trust's on-framework agency spend for the following staffing groups between Jan 2024 - present: A: Physiotherapy B: Occupational Therapy C: Pharmacy D: Radiography E: Pathology (Biomedical Science) | |
| Answer To Question 5: Please see attached file. January’s data is not available due to a change in managed service provider. To accompany this answer to question 5 please also see the documents listed below: | |
| Question Number 6: 6. Based on % fill ratio, please provide a list of your top 5 on-framework agencies supplying agency staff in the following staffing groups: A: Physiotherapy B: Occupational Therapy C: Pharmacy D: Radiography E: Pathology (Biomedical Science) | |
| Answer To Question 6: Through the managed service provider there are no specific agencies used to provide agency workers for these categories of staff. Requests are cascaded to agencies via the managed service provider. | |
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