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Agency Nurses Suppliers

Reference: 23-24523

Date response sent: 13/03/2024

Details of enquiry

  1. From  1st January 2024 until 1st March 2024 how many shifts has your Trust or Health Board utilised Thornbury Nursing services  for?
  2. Within this same time frame (1stJanuary 2024 until 1st March 2024) please list all wards or departments that utilised this agency and display the number of shifts in each.
  3. Within this same time frame (1stJanuary 2024 until 1st March 2024) please list all other off contract agencies utilised by the Trust or Health Board for nursing and break down a list of each ward or department and total number of shifts for each off contract agency.
  4. Please list any suppliers with a general Band 5 day charge rate of over £50 per hour that have been booked for the Trust or Health Board in this time period (01/01/2024- 01/03/2024)
  5. Please list any suppliers with a general Band 5 night charge above £60 per hour that have
  6. been booked for the Trust or Health Board in this time period (01/01/2024- 01/03/2024)
  7. Please list any suppliers with a critical day rate charge (Band 5 or 6) ITU/A&E/Theatre or any other Speciality above the rate of £60 per hour that have been utilised in this time period
  8. Please list any suppliers with a critical night rate charge (Band 5 or 6) ITU/A&E/Theatre or any other Speciality above the rate of £70 per hour that have been utilised in this time period

Response sent

It is important for your contextual understanding of our responses below that you are aware that

a) The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a small 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, and do not have an A&E department.

and

b) We do not employ RCNs HCA’s, RMN or Specialist RNs. We have not hired many temporary agency nurses (RGN’s) for the last few of years, and then only whilst we have a permanent vacancy. (please note that we only employ around 30 nurses at any given point).

 

  1. From 1st January 2024 until 1st March 2024 how many shifts has your Trust or Health Board utilised Thornbury Nursing services  for?

None

  1. Within this same time frame (1stJanuary 2024 until 1st March 2024) please list all wards or departments that utilised this agency and display the number of shifts in each.

Not applicable, see above response.

  1. Within this same time frame (1stJanuary 2024 until 1st March 2024) please list all other off contract agencies utilised by the Trust or Health Board for nursing and break down a list of each ward or department and total number of shifts for each off contract agency.

PERTEMPS MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS LTD – Gender Identity Clinic  We do not work a shift system, so these roles are for working 5 days/week.

  1. Please list any suppliers with a general Band 5 day charge rate of over £50 per hour that have been booked for the Trust or Health Board in this time period (01/01/2024- 01/03/2024)

None

  1. Please list any suppliers with a general Band 5 night charge above £60 per hour that have been booked for the Trust or Health Board in this time period (01/01/2024- 01/03/2024)

Not applicable.  Our nurses do not work night shifts.

  1. Please list any suppliers with a critical day rate charge (Band 5 or 6) ITU/A&E/Theatre or any other Speciality above the rate of £60 per hour that have been utilised in this time period

Not applicable

  1. Please list any suppliers with a critical night rate charge (Band 5 or 6) ITU/A&E/Theatre or any other Speciality above the rate of £70 per hour that have been utilised in this time period

Not applicable

 

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