Agency Nurse Usage Jan-Dec 2025

Reference: 25-26467

Date response sent: 25/02/2026

Details of enquiry

1. Please provide name and contact details (email address and telephone number where possible) of the following (broken down per site):

a. Temporary Staffing Manager or Staff Bank Manager

b. Lead Cancer Nurse and/or;

c. Cancer Manager

2. How much nursing agency usage from January 2025 to December 2025 has the Trust used? This is a request for Nursing only. I request for this information to be broken down into the following:

a. unit/site and ward/department

b. grade/title (i.e. Band 5/6/7 Nurse etc.)

c. amount of hours and/or full time equivalent (FTE) broken down per month during the requested time period above

d. total cost of agency usage (in £) per month during the requested time period above

e. what agencies were used, along with total amount in £ per agency on a monthly basis during the requested time period above

f. of these agencies, who were classified as ‘off framework’ and ‘on framework’

3. How does the Trust source any Nurse agency requirements? I request your answer include any frameworks that you use along with the number of SLAs you have in place with providers.

4. Based on your answer above, can you confirm the number of incidences whereby your agency need has been charged above NHSi cap, broken down per shift on a monthly basis i.e. April 2018 = 25 shifts and by what agency

5. Who is responsible for making the decision on which agency/recruitment business to use to fulfil your agency nursing requirements. Please include name and contact details (email and telephone number where possible).

6. What are the Trusts current full-time and part-time vacancies for:

a. Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists

b. Lead Cancer Nurse

c. Cancer Manager

d. Chemotherapy Nurses

e. Radiology Nurses

f. Oncology Nurses

g. General Nurses (all specialisms)

Response sent

1. Please provide name and contact details (email address and telephone number where possible) of the following (broken down per site):

a. Temporary Staffing Manager or Staff Bank Manager

Not applicable.  Agency Staff are locally managed at team level, and are not managed centrally.

The Trust is currently not hiring any agency nurses.  Contact details would be the Procurement Manager, procurement@tavi-port.nhs.uk

b. Lead Cancer Nurse and/or;

c. Cancer Manager

Not applicable.  We are a Mental Health Trust and do not provide cancer treatment

2. How much nursing agency usage from January 2025 to December 2025 has the Trust used? This is a request for Nursing only. I request for this information to be broken down into the following:

a. unit/site and ward/department

Gender Identity Clinic

b. grade/title (i.e. Band 5/6/7 Nurse etc.)

Band 7

c. amount of hours and/or full time equivalent (FTE) broken down per month during the requested time period above

d. total cost of agency usage (in £) per month during the requested time period above

e. what agencies were used, along with total amount in £ per agency on a monthly basis during the requested time period above

Only Pertemps Medical Professionals Ltd – see above response for monthy spend during the requested time period.

f. of these agencies, who were classified as ‘off framework’ and ‘on framework’

Pertemps Medical Professionals Ltd are on-framework

3. How does the Trust source any Nurse agency requirements? I request your answer include any frameworks that you use along with the number of SLAs you have in place with providers.

The Team manager submits an internal form for internal authorisation to hire.  Once this is authorised they would contact our preferred supplier for provide an agency nurse to fulfil their requirements.

4. Based on your answer above, can you confirm the number of incidences whereby your agency need has been charged above NHSi cap, broken down per shift on a monthly basis i.e. April 2018 = 25 shifts and by what agency

Nil

5. Who is responsible for making the decision on which agency/recruitment business to use to fulfil your agency nursing requirements. Please include name and contact details (email and telephone number where possible).

The Trust has a very small agency nursing requirement, and we use one same supplier – Pertemps.

6. What are the Trusts current full-time and part-time vacancies for:

This data is publicly available on nhs jobs website:  Tavistock and Portman jobs – NHS Jobs