FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/00905
- Request Date
- April 14, 2016
- Subject
- Agency Nursing
- Description
This is a Freedom of Information request regarding the amount of money spent on nursing shifts from outside agencies.
1.How many nursing shifts (for nurses of any grade) have you needed to cover with agency staff from 31st March 2015, to 31st March 2016?
2.How much did you spend in total on agency staff between 31stMarch 2015 and 31st March 2016?
3.Did you use Medacs Healthcare plc to provide temporary nursing cover from 31st March 2015 to 31st March 2016, and if so how much did you pay them in total?
4.Did you use Mayday Healthcare plc to provide temporary nursing cover from 31st March 2015 to 31st March 2016, and if so how much did you pay them in total?
5.Did you use Imperial Medical Staffing to provide temporary nursing cover from 31st March 2015 to 31st March 2016, and if so how much did you pay them in total?
6.Did you use Thornbury Nursing Services to provide temporary nursing cover from 31st March 2015 to 31st March 2016, and if so how much did you pay them in total?
7.Did you use Team 24 Healthcare to provide temporary nursing cover from 31st March 2015 to 31st March 2016, and if so how much did you pay them in total?
8.From 31st March 2015 to 31st March 2016, what is the highest day rate you have paid for an agency nurse shift and to which agency was this paid?
9.Are there any duties that an agency nurse would not be allowed to carry out that a staff nurse of the same rank would be?
- Response
1.We record this by hours rather than shift, from 6/7/15 – 31/3/16 we used 40539 hours. Prior to this we do not have the data recorded in this manner.
2.This information is available on the Trust Annual Report and Accounts available on
http://www.bfwh.nhs.uk/about-our-trust/.
3.£806,479 – this amount is for all nurses and healthcare assistants provided
4.Nil
5.Nil
6.Nil
7.Nil
8.We are unable to provide this level of detail due to the format of the data recorded, however – The highest cost per hour (Sunday) was £58.34.
9.An agency nurse can carry out duties commensurate with her competencies and within her NMC code of conduct requirement. They are always given a local induction when they commence in an area to ensure governance processes are robust.