Agency and Bank Staff Spend 2024/25

Reference: 25-26293

Date response sent: 20/10/2025

Details of enquiry

1. Does the organisation use a third party to manage/ track WLI spend?

a. If no, does your organisation use another method to manage/ track WLI spend?

2. How much did the organisation spend on agency (non-contract) staff and internal bank staff for the financial year 24/25 (April 2024 – March 2025)? Please fill in the spend in the table below for each staffing group and total.

3. How much did the organisation spend on Waiting List Initiative (WLI) and Overtime payments to staff (WLI payments refers to any sessional payments made for additional time worked under a system called the Waiting List Initiative, used by trusts to reduce waiting lists and meet government targets. Overtime payments are defined as any payment for additional time beyond the standard FTE for the grade). Please fill in the spend and number of sessions/hours in the below table for each staffing group and total.

Response sent

1. Does the organisation use a third party to manage/ track WLI spend?

Not applicable.  The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust has not participated in the Waiting List Initiative activity

a. If no, does your organisation use another method to manage/ track WLI spend?

Not applicable.  See response to above question.

2. How much did the organisation spend on agency (non-contract) staff and internal bank staff for the financial year 24/25 (April 2024 – March 2025)? Please fill in the spend in the table below for each staffing group and total.

We have completed your table as relevant to this Trust, noting that we do have waiting list initiatives overtime spend, and where we do not have the departments listed we have marked these a n/a (not applicable).

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a small specialist NHS mental health trust with a focus on training and education, as well as providing a range of mental health services and therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.

We provide outpatient, and mainly psychological services via talking therapies. We do not provide acute services, nor inpatient patient services, nor detention facilities, and do not have an A&E department nor patient transport services.

3. How much did the organisation spend on Waiting List Initiative (WLI) and Overtime payments to staff

Not applicable.  See our response to Question 1 above.