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Agency & Perm & Fix Term Contracts Nurses-Drs Jan-Mar 2025

Reference: 25-26041

Date response sent: 30/04/2025

Details of enquiry

  1. Please provide the “On” Framework Agency expenditure and total number of doctors/Nursing/AHP/HSS recruited through Agency for fixed term and Permanent positions during the period from 1st January 2024 to 31st March 2025.
  2. Please provide the “Off” Framework Agency expenditure and total number of doctors/Nursing/AHP/HSS recruited through Agency for fixed term and Permanent positions during the period from 1st January 2024 to 31st March 2025.
  3. Does your organization have an in-house Recruitment team to manage permanent requests, or is this outsourced to a Master Vendor or Neutral Vendor provider? If outsourced, please provide the name of the company.
  4. If the recruitment services are outsourced, what was the start date and expiry date of the contract with this provider?
  5. How many agencies are currently supplying the Trust for doctors’/AHP/HSS/ Nursing fixed term and Permanent recruitment, and what are their names?
  6. Who is the head of your procurement or Recruitment team responsible for approving framework agencies wishing to join your preferred supplier list? Please provide their contact details.

Response sent

  1. Please provide the “On” Framework Agency expenditure and total number of doctors/Nursing/AHP/HSS recruited through Agency for fixed term and Permanent positions during the period from 1st January 2024 to 31st March 2025.

Nil expenditure on On-Framework Agency fees for Agency and FTC recruitment of Doctors, Nurses, nor HSS.

The Trust does not employ HSS staff

  1. Please provide the “Off” Framework Agency expenditure and total number of doctors/Nursing/AHP/HSS recruited through Agency for fixed term and Permanent positions during the period from 1st January 2024 to 31st March 2025.

Nil expenditure on Off-Framework Agency fees for Agency and FTC recruitment of Doctors, Nurses, nor HSS.

The Trust does not employ HSS staff

  1. Does your organization have an in-house Recruitment team to manage permanent requests, or is this outsourced to a Master Vendor or Neutral Vendor provider? If outsourced, please provide the name of the company.

All our recruitment is outsourced to our shared Business Partner; North London Partnership Shared Services, rf-tr.nlpssrecruitmenthelpdesk@nhs.net

  1. If the recruitment services are outsourced, what was the start date and expiry date of the contract with this provider?

Start date: circa September 2022   End Date March 2026

  1. How many agencies are currently supplying the Trust for doctors’/AHP/HSS/ Nursing fixed term and Permanent recruitment, and what are their names?

Currently we have no requirements – so the response is none.

We tend to use NHS Jobs/TRAC for FTC permanent recruitment

  1. Who is the head of your procurement or Recruitment team responsible for approving framework agencies wishing to join your preferred supplier list? Please provide their contact details.

The procurement manager, procurement@tavi-port.nhs.uk