Agency Clinical Supply & Spend July 2022-24

Reference: 24-25170

Date response sent: 13/08/2024

Details of enquiry

Please may you provide me with:

1. The person or department who manages the supply chain of temporary staff for Allied Health and Healthcare Science Professionals (Pharmacy, Radiology, Cardiology, Biomedical Science/Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy) , Nursing (specialist and general, including HCAs) and Midwifery professionals.
2. The email address and telephone number of the mentioned in point 1.
3. A breakdown of the trust’s clinical agency spend within the last 24 months. including of the departments of spend
4. The agency shifts cascaded out within the past 12 months for the Nursing and Midwifery and Allied health/Healthcare Science professions and

a. At what cost they was covered (NHSI or above)

b. Number of agency shifts required broken down across Allied Health, Healthcare Science and Nursing and Midwifery.

c. Was any off this off framework

i. If so to what agency and in what area

5. What agencies are on the supply chain for and if there is a tier structure in place.

a. Allied Health and Healthcare Science

b. Nursing and Midwifery

6. What framework do you transact under?

7. What person/department looks after external permanent recruitment

a. Please supply their contract number and email address.

Response sent

Please note that The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health Trust, and not a hospital.  We provide outpatient, and mainly psychological, services.  We do not provide acute services, nor inpatient patient services, nor detention facilities, and do not have an A&E department.

1. The person or department who manages the supply chain of temporary staff for Allied Health and Healthcare Science Professionals (Pharmacy, Radiology, Cardiology, Biomedical Science/Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy) , Nursing (specialist and general, including HCAs) and Midwifery professionals.

The management of agency staff supply is not a centralised activity at this Trust, the departments manage their own hiring of authorised temporary posts.

2. The email address and telephone number of the mentioned in point 1.

See our response to Question 1 above

3. A breakdown of the trust’s clinical agency spend within the last 24 months. including of the departments of spend

Financial year 2022-23 – £385,179

Financial year 2023-24 – £430,610

Please note that the Trust only employs a small number of around 30 permanent nurses at any given point, and only hires temporary nurses whilst a permanent vacancy exists.

Agency nurses worked in Gender Identity Clinic and Community & Integrated Services

Agency doctors were hired for supply to on-call services at local acute Trusts – not within our Trust.

4. The agency shifts cascaded out within the past 12 months for the Nursing and Midwifery and Allied health/Healthcare Science professions and

a. At what cost they was covered (NHSI or above)

b. Number of agency shifts required broken down across Allied Health, Healthcare Science and Nursing and Midwifery.

c. Was any off this off framework

i. If so to what agency and in what area

The Trust does not operate a shift system, so agency staff work to an hourly day time rate only.

5. What agencies are on the supply chain for and if there is a tier structure in place.

a. Allied Health and Healthcare Science

None

b. Nursing and Midwifery

Pertemps

6. What framework do you transact under?

We are not restricted to particular frameworks, and are free to select most suitable framework arrangements.

7. What person/department looks after external permanent recruitment

a. Please supply their contract number and email address.

b. All our permanent recruitment is contracted out to our third party partners, North London Partnership, whose contact details are: rf-tr.nlpssrecruitmenthelpdesk@nhs.net